In Context: Finding Ourselves and Each Other through Data
A talk on the human dimension of data work — how data can illuminate community, identity, and connection, and what it means to use data in service of people rather than in spite of them.
Delivered at Do Good Data, 2016. This talk examined how data can be used to understand communities — not just count them. Drawing on the tension between the power of large-scale data and the irreducible particularity of human experience, it argued for a practice of data work that keeps context, community, and people at the center. Aimed at practitioners working in civic, nonprofit, and social impact contexts.