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Openness in Practice

Understanding Attitudes to Open Government Data

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  • © 2021

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Authors:
  1. Suneel Jethani

    1. University of Technology Sydney, SYDNEY, Australia

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  2. Dale Leorke

    1. Pinni B, COMS, University of Tampere, TAMPERE, Finland

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  • Proposes new ways in which open data practices might be enriched in practice

  • Features interviews with stakeholders both inside and outside government

  • Engages with diverse perspectives

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Suneel Jethani, Dale Leorke
    Pages 1-14

  3. What Is Open Data? Historical and Instrumental Perspectives

    • Suneel Jethani, Dale Leorke
    Pages 15-32

  4. Comparing Open Data Programmes in Victoria, Australia

    • Suneel Jethani, Dale Leorke
    Pages 33-45

  5. Working in Open Data

    • Suneel Jethani, Dale Leorke
    Pages 47-63

  6. Open Data Futures

    • Suneel Jethani, Dale Leorke
    Pages 65-75

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 77-92
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About this book

This book looks at open data practices historically and from the perspective of those currently involved in advocating for making government data freely available. Based on interviews with practitioners, users and evangelists across three Australian-based case studies illustrating contemporary open data practices, this book discusses how open data has evolved, why certain barriers to openness exist and what the future of open data might look like. It highlights both the challenges and approaches to ‘best practice’ in government departments and agencies as they adapt to changing data ecosystems and public expectations around access, transparency, risk and responsible stewardship.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Technology Sydney, SYDNEY, Australia

    Suneel Jethani

  • Pinni B, COMS, University of Tampere, TAMPERE, Finland

    Dale Leorke

About the authors

Suneel Jethani is a Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney. His research centers on embodied technology, datafication and issues of technology ethics, governance, and design. He is the author of The Politics and Possibilities of Self-Tracking (Emerald, 2021).

Dale Leorke is a Senior Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland. His research examines the impact of digital technologies on public space. His previous books include Location-based Gaming: Play in Public Space (Palgrave, 2018), Public Libraries in the Smart City (Palgrave, 2018) and Games and Play in the Creative, Smart and Ecological City (Routledge, 2020).

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