Session 10 — Local ends

Day 2 · 60 minutes

At a glance

Reading: Loukissas, Chapter 7, Local Ends, pp. 189–196
Output: Ethical and practical criteria

Close reading

Chapter 7, Local Ends (Loukissas 2019, 189–96).

We read this text together in the session.

Reading summary

Loukissas returns to the main claim: we do not understand data if we do not understand their setting. He contrasts common goals of data work, such as orientation, access, analysis, and optimization, with local ends such as place making, restraint, reflexivity, and contestation. He also argues that open data need guides that explain data settings, not only files and technical documentation.

In class

Students turn these ideas into ethical and practical criteria for their own work.

Output

A set of ethical and practical criteria.

Session 11 — Describe your dataset starts the final assignment.

Close reading

Reading summary

In class

Output

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