Workshops focused on building critical data literacy
In these workshops, participants will learn to ask questions about data and technology, reflect on how their actions and decisions impact people and communities, and identify how data and technology are used to reinforce systems of oppression. They’ll also develop strategies to institutionalize the values of equity, fairness, and justice into the data and technology practices and infrastructures of their organizations.
In this series, Community Data Ambassadors will work together to build new levels of confidence using data. You will have the opportunity to explore creative ways to share impactful data. Throughout the series, we will challenge ourselves to think critically about how data can be used to reinforce or confront structural inequities.
This series began as workshops for the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh during the 2021-2022 academic year. Since then, Art + Data has been offered in various settings, including the Center for Creativity, the University Library System, undergraduate courses, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, and a zine-making workshop at Prototype PGH. The workshops facilitate conversations about personal and civic data, considering how data visualization and analysis are interpretive, humanistic endeavors. The series explores visualization without computers, and examine feelings toward and approaches to working with data.