Living with Data: Aligning Data Studies and Data Activism Through a Focus on Everyday Experiences of Datafication

In this paper I argue that there is an urgent need for more empirical research into everyday experiences of living with datafication, something that has not been prioritised in the emerging field of data studies to date. As a result of this absence, the knowledge produced within data studies is not...

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Autor principal:	Helen Kennedy
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Lenguaje:	EN NL
Publicado:	University of Groningen Press 2018
Materias:	everday experience data studies data activism agency emotions Social Sciences H Political science (General) JA1-92 Philosophy (General) B1-5802
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:204599225396483dbe3946a05700b9152021-12-02T18:00:27ZLiving with Data: Aligning Data Studies and Data Activism Through a Focus on Everyday Experiences of Datafication1875-7103https://doaj.org/article/204599225396483dbe3946a05700b9152018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://krisis.eu/article/view/37184https://doaj.org/toc/1875-7103In this paper I argue that there is an urgent need for more empirical research into everyday experiences of living with datafication, something that has not been prioritised in the emerging field of data studies to date. As a result of this absence, the knowledge produced within data studies is not as aligned to the aims of data activism as it might be. Data activism seeks to challenge existing, unequal data power relations and to mobilise data in order to enhance social justice, yet data studies has focused primarily on identifying the former and not on imagining the latter. To build a picture of what more just conditions of datafication might look like, I argue that it is important to take account of everyday experiences of datafication, of what people themselves say would enable them to live better with data and would constitute more just data arrangements, based on their experiences. I explore two possible approaches to this endeavour, both of which suggest the need for a vocabulary of emotions in researching everyday living with data.Helen KennedyUniversity of Groningen Pressarticleeverday experiencedata studiesdata activismagencyemotionsSocial SciencesHPolitical science (General)JA1-92Philosophy (General)B1-5802ENNLKrisis, Vol 38, Iss 1, Pp 18-30 (2018)
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description	In this paper I argue that there is an urgent need for more empirical research into everyday experiences of living with datafication, something that has not been prioritised in the emerging field of data studies to date. As a result of this absence, the knowledge produced within data studies is not as aligned to the aims of data activism as it might be. Data activism seeks to challenge existing, unequal data power relations and to mobilise data in order to enhance social justice, yet data studies has focused primarily on identifying the former and not on imagining the latter. To build a picture of what more just conditions of datafication might look like, I argue that it is important to take account of everyday experiences of datafication, of what people themselves say would enable them to live better with data and would constitute more just data arrangements, based on their experiences. I explore two possible approaches to this endeavour, both of which suggest the need for a vocabulary of emotions in researching everyday living with data.
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title	Living with Data: Aligning Data Studies and Data Activism Through a Focus on Everyday Experiences of Datafication
title_short	Living with Data: Aligning Data Studies and Data Activism Through a Focus on Everyday Experiences of Datafication
title_full	Living with Data: Aligning Data Studies and Data Activism Through a Focus on Everyday Experiences of Datafication
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Living with Data: Aligning Data Studies and Data Activism Through a Focus on Everyday Experiences of Datafication

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