scholarly journals Playing with data and its consequences

First Monday ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miren Gutiérrez ◽  
Stefania Milan
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Communicative Practices ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

The fundamental paradigm shift brought about by datafication alters how people participate as citizens on a daily basis. “Big data” has come to constitute a new terrain of engagement, which brings organized collective action, communicative practices and data infrastructure into a fruitful dialogue. While scholarship is progressively acknowledging the emergence of bottom-up data practices, to date no research has explored the influence of these practices on the activists themselves. Leveraging the disciplines of critical data and social movement studies, this paper explores “proactive data activism”, using, producing and/or appropriating data for social change, and examines its biographical, political, tactical and epistemological consequences. Approaching engagement with data as practice, this study focuses on the social contexts in which data are produced, consumed and circulated, and analyzes how tactics, skills and emotions of individuals evolve in interplay with data. Through content and co-occurrence analysis of semi-structured practitioner interviews (N=20), the article shows how the employment of data and data infrastructure in activism fundamentally transforms the way activists go about changing the world.

Paradigm Shift for the Future

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-201
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Way

Through case studies of incidents around the world where the social media platforms have been used and abused for ulterior purposes, Chapter 6 highlights the lessons that can be learned. For good or for ill, the author elaborates on the way social media has been used as an arbiter to inflict various forms of political influence and how we may have become desensitized due to the popularity of the social media platforms themselves. A searching view is provided that there is now a propensity by foreign states to use social media to influence the user base of sovereign countries during key political events. This type of activity now justifies a paradigm shift in relation to our perception and utilization of computerized devices for the future.

Conclusion

A Child's Day ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 165-178
Author(s):  
Killian Mullan
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

This concluding chapter surveys the key findings and issues raised in the previous chapters. This study of a child's day provides the most extensive picture currently available in the UK, and elsewhere in the world, into how children's time use has changed over the past several decades. It identifies areas of expected change as well as other areas of surprising stability. It reveals how change and stability in children's time use blend together to comprise a child's day, uncovering also the multi-layered contexts of a child's day. Aspects of children's time use, and how this may have changed, will no doubt continue to surface in public debate in connection with their well-being. While welcoming this, it is necessary to always question and seek to understand how supposed changes actually fit within a child's day, the types of days where these changes are concentrated, among whom, and to seek out evidence on how such changes relate to other activities and the social contexts of daily life.

scholarly journals Data-bodies and data activism: Presencing women in digital heritage research

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205395172096561
Author(s):  
Terrie Lynn Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Streams ◽  
Data Curation ◽  
Mapping Data ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Feminist Work ◽  
Oriented Research

As heritage-as-the-already-occurred folds into heritage-in-the-making practices, temporal and spatial fluidity is made more complex by digital mediation and particularly by Big Data. Such liveliness evokes ontological, epistemological and methodological challenges. Drawing on more-than-human theorizing, this article reframes the notion of data-bodies to advance data activist-oriented research in heritage. Focused primarily on women, it examines how their distributed agency and voice with respect to data practices and the (re)makings of (digital) heritage could be amplified. I describe three methodological directions, influenced by feminist work in critical data studies, which could be employed by researchers: attuning to and becoming with data, making data physical and changing narratives. From data-bodies to haunted data, performative data curation and mapping data-bodies, and attuning to data streams and re-voicing narratives, this article contributes to discussions of how to engage critically and creatively with the datafication of digital heritage practices, knowings and ontologies.

scholarly journals Continuities of Pragmatism, Settling Metaphysical Disputes and the Analytic-Continental Divide. Part II

2018 ◽  
pp. 109-122
Author(s):  
James Edward Hackett
Keyword(s):  
Daily Basis ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Human Relationship ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Ontological Pluralism ◽  
Exclusionary Practices ◽  
Continental Divide ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

The author examines the history of pragmatism and maintains that a thematic continuity runs through the classical pragmatists, neopragmatitsts and contemporary pragmatists. This continuity can be vaguely characterized as an integration of theory and practice, but experience gives theory its content such that action is always guiding the formation of knowledge. There are four implications of this continuity. Pragmatists are centrally concerned with the human relationship to a process-oriented and evolving conception of nature. For pragmatists, our beliefs are regarded not as propositions that map onto a separate and fixed reality, but instead their truth emerges out of the habits beliefs generate. Pragmatism emphasizes an openness to possibility since our access to the world of experience is mediated by a variety of selective interests, intellectual histories, varying linguistic and discursive practices. Pragmatists are deeply concerned with the social and political problems that confront us on a daily basis. The author also examines the manner in which James understands the term “metaphysics” given that pragmatism is a method for settling “metaphysical disputes.” Jamesian existential pluralism implies to maximize all possibilities that can satisfy everyone as much as possible without impeding and harming another's capacity to experience a rich and novel world. The author analyzes Todd May’s approach to the analytic-continental divide and concludes that if settlement embraces James’s thick conception of experience, then the resulting ontological pluralism is the best settlement possible, and this commitment to pluralism requires dissolving the exclusionary practices the analytic-continental divide suggests philosophically.

scholarly journals Youth Critical Data Practices in the COVID-19 Multipandemic

AERA Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233285842110416
Author(s):  
Angela Calabrese Barton ◽  
Day Greenberg ◽  
Chandler Turner ◽  
Devon Riter ◽  
Melissa Perez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
The World ◽  
Data Production ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Counter Data

This study investigates how youth from two cities in the United States engage in critical data practices as they learn about and take action in their lives and communities in relation to COVID-19 and its intersections with justice-related concerns. Guided by theories of critical data literacies and data justice, a historicized and future-oriented participatory methodological approach is used to center the lived lives and communities of participants through dialogic interviews and experience sampling method. Data were co-analyzed with participants using critical grounded theory. Findings illustrate how youth not only aimed to reveal the dynamic and human aspects of and relationships with data as they engage with/in the world as people who matter but also offered alternative infrastructures for counter data production and aggregation toward justice in the here and now and desired possible futures. Implications for studies of learning with/through data practices in everyday life in relation to issues of justice are discussed.

scholarly journals O PODER DA PREFEITURA, RELAÇÕES ÍNTIMAS E O VOTO RETROSPECTIVO: Uma análise da dinâmica eleitoral municipal através do método qualitativo

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 472
Author(s):  
Adriano Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Gadelha ◽  
Simara Costa
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Voter Choice

Esse artigo mostra as visões de mundo dos eleitores para com o processo eleitoral de dois municípios de Pernambuco através do método qualitativo. A técnica focus groups (grupos focais) foi utilizada para a coleta de dados e posterior construção da interpretação dos contextos sociais abordados. Inicialmente, narramos as visões de mundo dos eleitores. Nesta narrativa evidenciamos o que os eleitores pensam sobre economia local, problemas da cidade e como ocorre a disputa eleitoral.  Em seguida, os dados contidos na narrativa sofrem interpretação. Dela surgem conceitos que clarificam a dinâmica eleitoral dos municípios pesquisados. O poder da prefeitura na disputa eleitoral, a relação íntima entre indivíduo e político e a limitação explicativa do voto retrospectivo para a compreensão da escolha do eleitor são as principais conclusões deste artigo.   PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Eleitor; Método qualitativo; Relação íntima; Voto retrospectivo.     ABSTRACT This article shows the voters' views of the world on the electoral process of two municipalities of Pernambuco through the qualitative method. The focus group technique was used to collect data and later construct the interpretation of the social contexts addressed. Initially, we narrate the voters' views of the world. In this narrative we show what the voters think about local economy, city problems and how the electoral dispute occurs. Then the data contained in the narrative undergo interpretation. From it arise concepts that clarify the electoral dynamics of the cities surveyed. The power of the prefecture in the electoral contest, the intimate relationship between individual and politician, and the explanatory limitation of the retrospective vote for the understanding of voter choice are the main conclusions of this article.   KEYWORDS: Elector; Qualitative method; Intimate relationship; Retrospective vote.     RESUMEN Este artículo muestra las visiones de mundo de los electores para con el proceso electoral de dos municipios de Pernambuco a través del método cualitativo. La técnica focus groups (grupos focales) fue utilizada para la recolección de datos y posterior construcción de la interpretación de los contextos sociales abordados. Inicialmente, narra las visiones de mundo de los votantes. En esta narrativa evidenciamos lo que los electores piensan sobre economía local, problemas de la ciudad y cómo ocurre la disputa electoral. A continuación, los datos contenidos en la narrativa sufren interpretación. De ahí surgen conceptos que clarifican la dinámica electoral de los municipios investigados. El poder del ayuntamiento en la disputa electoral, la relación íntima entre individuo y político y la limitación explicativa del voto retrospectivo para la comprensión de la elección del elector son las principales conclusiones de este artículo.   PALAVRAS CLAVE: Elector; Método cualitativo; Relación íntima; Voto retrospectivo.  

scholarly journals Paradigm Shift and Diversity in Finance

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
The World

This study provides an overview of the four paradigms from which the social theories are usually devised. More particularly, this study highlights the paradigm to which finance theories belong. The study discusses the four paradigms on the basis of their ontology, epistemology, axiology, and research methodology. Rather than creating new paradigm, it explains the role of paradigms, other than Positivist paradigm, in Finance. It concludes that positivist paradigm must adopt the tools of other paradigms to enhance its ability to contribute to the world knowledge.

Towards a political theory of data justice: a public good perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Kwok ◽  
Ngai Keung Chan
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Political Theories

Purpose This study aims to develop an interdisciplinary political theory of data justice by connecting three major political theories of the public good with empirical studies about the functions of big data and offering normative principles for restricting and guiding the state’s data practices from a public good perspective. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on three major political theories of the public good – the market failure approach, the basic rights approach and the democratic approach – and critical data studies, this study synthesizes existing studies on the promises and perils of big data for public good purposes. The outcome is a conceptual paper that maps philosophical discussions about the conditions under which the state has a legitimate right to collect and use big data for public goods purposes. Findings This study argues that market failure, basic rights protection and deepening democracy can be normative grounds for justifying the state’s right to data collection and utilization, from the perspective of political theories of the public good. The state’s data practices, however, should be guided by three political principles, namely, the principle of transparency and accountability; the principle of fairness; and the principle of democratic legitimacy. The paper draws on empirical studies and practical examples to explicate these principles. Originality/value Bringing together normative political theory and critical data studies, this study contributes to a more philosophically rigorous understanding of how and why big data should be used for public good purposes while discussing the normative boundaries of such data practices.

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