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Data Activism and Social Change

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Authors:
  1. Miren Gutiérrez

    1. University of Deusto, San Sebastián, Spain

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  • Looks at collective number-churning, map-making and action for a better world
  • Presents data activism as a new social practice rooted in technology
  • Looks into big data in light of activism, and activism in light of big data
  • Draws from the empirical observations of interviews with practitioners, researchers, data activists and journalists

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change (PSCSC)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Mapping a Better World: A Journey

    • Miren Gutiérrez
    Pages 1-29

  3. The Many Faces of the Data Infrastructure

    • Miren Gutiérrez
    Pages 31-47

  4. Proactive Data Activism

    • Miren Gutiérrez
    Pages 49-105

  5. Crowdsourcing and Mapping Data for Humanitarianism

    • Miren Gutiérrez
    Pages 107-136

  6. Conclusions and Areas for Further Research

    • Miren Gutiérrez
    Pages 137-146

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 147-178
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About this book

This book efficiently contributes to our understanding of the interplay between data, technology and communicative practice on the one hand, and democratic participation on the other. It addresses the emergence of proactive data activism, a new sociotechnical phenomenon in the field of action that arises as a reaction to massive datafication, and makes affirmative use of data for advocacy and social change. By blending empirical observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, Gutiérrez brings to the fore a debate about the social uses of the data infrastructure and examines precisely how people employ it, in combination with other technologies, to collaborate and act for social change.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Deusto, San Sebastián, Spain

    Miren Gutiérrez

About the author

Miren Gutiérrez is the Director of the ‘Data Analysis, Research and Communication’ postgraduate programme at the University of Deusto, Spain and Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, where she works on data-enabled projects. She has been Greenpeace Spain Executive Director, and a journalist as EFE Spanish News Agency’s Asia-Pacific Correspondent (based in Hong Kong); La Prensa’s Business Editor (Panama); El País’s Correspondent (New York); and Inter Press Service Editor in Chief (Rome).





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