Session 2 — Datasets and data settings

Day 1 · 60 minutes

At a glance

Reading: Loukissas, Introduction, pp. 1–12
Output: Data Setting questions

Close reading

Introduction (Loukissas 2019, 1–12).

We read this text together in the session.

Reading summary

Loukissas argues that a dataset is not a complete and portable object. Data are made by people and machines at specific times and places, with specific tools and for specific audiences. He proposes that we study data settings, not only datasets. A data setting includes the conditions that make the data possible and meaningful.

In class

Students turn this idea into a first set of questions for reading data critically.

Output

A first set of Data Setting questions.

Session 3 — Taking data apart applies these questions to a simple table.

Close reading

Reading summary

In class

Output

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