DataShift: “No-one can communicate the importance of citizen-generated data better than those who are actually working with it. At DataShift, we want to highlight the civil society organisations who have told us about the tangible results they have achieved through innovative approaches to harnessing data from citizens.
Each essay profiles the objectives, challenges and targets of an organisation using data generated by citizens to achieve their goals. We hope that the essays in this collection can help more people feel more confident about asking questions of the data that affects their lives, and taking a hands-on approach to creating it. (More)”
ESSAYS
HOW THE WISDOM OF THE CROWD CAN HELP DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS
Engaging with citizen-generated data is the next step in Amnesty International ongoing campaign against human rights violations worldwide
GATHERING STORIES TO EMPOWER FEMALE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Campaigning journalism works with citizen generated data
Take Back the Tech! maps technology-related violence against women worldwide
VOZDATA
People and collaborative technology are helping to redefine Argentina’s fourthestate
TAKING THE NEXT STEPS IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY
Understanding fair use and consumption of eyewitness media
Helping communities across borders coordinate disaster relief and work towards their future
SCIENCE FOR CHANGE KOSOVO (SFCK)
Collaborative citizen science to tackleKosovo’s air pollution problem and simultaneously engage with a politically disenfranchised generation of young people
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