Transparency in the rupture? : Open Data and the datafication of society

Blok, Anders and Courmont, Antoine and Hoyng, Rolien Susanne and Marquet, Clement and Minor, Kelton and Nold, Christian and Young, Meg (2017) Transparency in the rupture? : Open Data and the datafication of society. Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science and Technology Studies, 8 (2).

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

This section offers a series of joint reflections on (open) data platform from a variety of cases, from cycling, traffic and mapping to activism, environment and data brokering. Data platforms play a key role in contemporary urban governance. Linked to open data initiatives, such platforms are often proposed as both mechanisms for enhancing the accountability of administrations and performing as sites for 'bottom-up' digital invention. Such promises of smooth flows of data, however, rarely materialise unproblematically. The development of data platforms is always situated in legal and administrative cultures, databases are often built according to the standards of existing digital ecologies, access always involves processes of social negotiation, and interfaces (such as sensors) may become objects of public contestation. The following contributions explore the contested and mutable character of open data platforms as part of heterogeneous publics and trace the pathways of data through different knowledge, skills, public and private configurations. They also reflect on the value of STS approaches to highlight issues and tensions as well as to shape design and governance.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Subjects:
?? data platformsdata labour and reuseenvironmental sensorsurban governancetransparency ??
ID Code:
188968
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
21 Mar 2023 10:00
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
15 Jul 2024 23:39