The Trouble With Big Data — When Data Becomes the Reality
We often assume that more data produces a clearer picture of reality. But what if the systems that make information easier to process also determine what becomes visible in the first place?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using The Trouble With Big Data: How Datafication Displaces Cultural Practices by Jennifer Edmond, Nicola Horsley, Jörg Lehmann and Mike Priddy as our lens, this episode investigates how datafication reshapes the creation, discovery and interpretation of knowledge.
The authors challenge the idea of data as neutral or…
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