{"627356":{"#nid":"627356","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GVU Center Brown Bag: Yanni Loukissas \u0022All Data Are Local: Thinking Critically in a Data-Driven Society\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, Yanni Loukissas argues in \u003Cem\u003EAll Data Are Local\u003C\/em\u003E, we should approach data sets with an\u0026nbsp;awareness that data are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, with the instruments at hand, for audiences that are conditioned to receive them. The term \u003Cem\u003Edata set\u003C\/em\u003E implies something discrete, complete, and portable, but it is none of those things. Examining a series of data sources important for understanding the state of public life in the United\u0026nbsp;States\u0026mdash;Harvard\u0026#39;s Arnold Arboretum, the Digital Public Library of America, UCLA\u0026#39;s Television News Archive, and the real estate marketplace Zillow\u0026mdash;Loukissas shows us how to analyze data settings rather than data sets.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELoukissas sets out six principles: all data are local; data have complex attachments to place; data are collected from heterogeneous sources; data and algorithms are inextricably entangled; interfaces recontextualize data; and data are indexes to local knowledge. He then provides a set of practical guidelines to follow. To make his argument, Loukissas employs a combination of qualitative research on data cultures and exploratory data visualizations. Rebutting the \u0026ldquo;myth of digital universalism,\u0026rdquo; Loukissas reminds us of the meaning-making power of the local.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Bio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYanni Alexander Loukissas is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, where he directs the Local Data Design Lab. His research is focused on helping creative people think critically about the social implications of emerging technologies. His new monograph from MIT Press, \u003Cem\u003EAll Data Are Local: Thinking Critically in a Data-Driven Society\u003C\/em\u003E, is addressed to a growing audience of practitioners who want to work with unfamiliar data both effectively and ethically. Originally trained as an architect at Cornell, he subsequently attended MIT, where he received a Master of Science and a PhD in Design and Computation and completed postdoctoral work at the Program in Science, Technology and Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\/events\/upcoming\u0022\u003ESchedule of Brown Bag Speakers Fall 2019\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn this talk Loukissas shows us how to analyze data settings rather than data sets.\u0026nbsp;He then provides a set of practical guidelines to follow and\u0026nbsp;employs a combination of qualitative research on data cultures and exploratory data visualizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This talk will show how to analyze data settings rather than data sets."}],"uid":"33749","created_gmt":"2019-10-08 20:57:45","changed_gmt":"2019-10-10 18:55:30","author":"Dorie Taylor","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-10-17T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-10-17T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-10-17T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-10-17 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-10-17 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-10-17 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"627474":{"id":"627474","type":"image","title":"Loukissas Bookcover","body":null,"created":"1570733683","gmt_created":"2019-10-10 18:54:43","changed":"1570733683","gmt_changed":"2019-10-10 18:54:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238907","name":"LoukissasResearch2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LoukissasResearch2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LoukissasResearch2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":62370,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LoukissasResearch2.png?itok=pcfP2SN9"}}},"media_ids":["627474"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gvu@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egvu@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}