Festival Keynote: Rahul Bhargava on Community Data

Join the CUNY Graduate Center for a pre-Open Data Week keynote featuring Rahul Bhargava, the author of Community Data, featuring a short live data sonification performance by NYC’s own samba reggae drumline Fogo Azul. Presented by the Masters in Data Analysis and Visualization and the Masters in Digital Humanities programs.

Datafication has driven the adoption of new quantified processes in civic contexts, but our tools and methods haven’t adapted to be more participatory and empowering. The traditional toolbox of surveys, spreadsheets, and charts wasn’t designed for community settings. Artists, planners, designers, non-profits, journalists, and others are pushing the boundaries of data representation in order to meet audiences where they are with impactful multi-sensory data stories. Physical data sculptures, embodied data theatre, participatory data murals, data sonification performance—these are the new practices we need to cultivate in order to engage larger groups of people around data in community settings. Join us to explore how we can hear, feel, smell, and taste our data to create more inclusive data experiences.