[okfn-br] Democratizando a revolução de dados e revolução de dados para quem

Andres MRM andres em inventati.org
Domingo Julho 19 14:50:50 UTC 2015


Bom ver que há mais pessoas trazendo uma visão crítica sobre a questão.
Um artigo que usei na minha dissertação e gosto bastante é esse:
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3316/2764


Abs!



[2015-07-16 18:33] Everton Zanella Alvarenga:

> Caros,
> 
> após conversas com membros de nossa rede (financiadores, parceiros, ativistas
> etc.), esse assunto da revolução dos dados me parece estar ainda bem incipiente
> em alguns locais como nosso país, por incrível que isso possa parecer.
> 
> Passei o olho, mas como esse assunto veio a tona ontem e vi esse e-mail, acho
> que vale a pena dar uma olhada nesse artigo do Jonathan Gray (Open Knowledge
> Internacional) sobre democratizar a revolução dos dados (vejam abaixo) e um
> outro do mesmo autor sobre para quem é a revolução dos dados <https://
> www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/jonathan-grey/data-revolution-for-whom>. As
> provocações dele são em geral inspiradoras. :)
> 
> Eu arriscaria dizer que a pouca compreensão de algumas questões técnicas
> relacionadas a revolução dos dados é uma grande barreira aqui. Para não dizer
> um possível estágio que vivemos como sociedade civil organizada.
> 
> Alimento para o pensamento.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray em okfn.org>
> Date: 2015-07-09 8:57 GMT-03:00
> Subject: [open-development] New Discussion Paper: "Democratising the Data
> Revolution"
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> 
> 
> (Apologies for cross-posting!)
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We've just published a new discussion paper on "Democratising the Data
> Revolution", which is intended to advance thinking and action around civil
> society engagement with the data revolution:
> 
>   • Blog post: http://blog.okfn.org/2015/07/09/
>     democratising-the-data-revolution/
>   • Tweet: https://twitter.com/OKFN/status/619109223432126464
> 
> As it says in the blog post and in the report, we'd very warmly welcome any
> responses or thoughts via the following channels:
> 
>   • Join the discussion at: http://bit.ly/ourdatarev-forum
>   • Fill in the form at: http://bit.ly/ourdatarev
>   • Tag your responses with the #ourdatarev hashtag on Twitter 
> 
> Any help in sharing with colleagues or organisations who might be interested
> would be very much appreciated!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> NEW DISCUSSION PAPER: “DEMOCRATISING THE DATA REVOLUTION”
> 
>     “New technologies are leading to an exponential increase in the volume and
>     types of data available, creating unprecedented possibilities for informing
>     and transforming society and protecting the environment. Governments,
>     companies, researchers and citizen groups are in a ferment of
>     experimentation, innovation and adaptation to the new world of data, a
>     world in which data are bigger, faster and more detailed than ever before.
>     This is the data revolution.” – UN Data Revolution Group, 2014
> 
> Inline images 1 
> 
> What will the “data revolution” do? What will it be about? What will it count?
> What kinds of risks and harms might it bring? Whom and what will it serve? And
> who will get to decide?
> 
> Today we are launching a new discussion paper on “Democratising the Data
> Revolution”, which is intended to advance thinking and action around civil
> society engagement with the data revolution. It looks beyond the disclosure of
> existing information, towards more ambitious and substantive forms of
> democratic engagement with data infrastructures.1
> 
> It concludes with a series of questions about what practical steps institutions
> and civil society organisations might take to change what is measured and how,
> and how these measurements are put to work.
> 
> You can download the full PDF report here, or continue to read on in this blog
> post.
> 
> What Counts?
> 
> How might civil society actors shape the data revolution? In particular, how
> might they go beyond the question of what data is disclosed towards looking at
> what is measured in the first place? To kickstart discussion around this topic,
> we will look at three kinds of intervention: changing existing forms of
> measurement, advocating new forms of measurement and undertaking new forms of
> measurement.
> 
> Changing Existing Forms of Measurement
> 
> Rather than just focusing on the transparency, disclosure and openness of
> public information, civil society groups can argue for changing what is
> measured with existing data infrastructures. One example of this is recent
> campaigning around company ownership in the UK. Advocacy groups wanted to
> unpick networks of corporate ownership and control in order to support their
> campaigning and investigations around tax avoidance, tax evasion and illicit
> financial flows.
> 
> While the UK company register recorded information about “nominal ownership”,
> it did not include information about so-called “beneficial ownership”, or who
> ultimately benefits from the ownership and control of companies. Campaigners
> undertook an extensive programme of activities to advocate for changes and
> extensions to existing data infrastructures – including via legislation,
> software systems, and administrative protocols.2
> 
> Advocating New Forms of Measurement
> 
> As well as changing or recalibrating existing forms of measurement, campaigners
> and civil society organisations can make the case for the measurement of things
> which were not previously measured. For example, over the past several decades
> social and political campaigning has resulted in new indicators about many
> different issues – such as gender inequality, health, work, disability,
> pollution or education.3 In such cases activists aimed to establish a given
> indicator as important and relevant for public institutions, decision makers,
> and broader publics – in order to, for example, inform policy development or
> resource allocation.
> 
> Undertaking New Forms of Measurement
> 
> Historically, many civil society organisations and advocacy groups have 
> collected their own data to make the case for action on issues that they work
> on – from human rights abuses to endangered species.
> 
> Recently there have been several data journalism projects which highlight gaps
> in what is officially counted. The Migrant Files is an open database containing
> information about over 29,000 people who died on their way to Europe since
> 2000, collated from publicly available sources. It was created by a network of
> journalists who were concerned that this data was not being systematically
> collected by European institutions. In a similar vein The Countedproject from 
> The Guardian records information about deaths in police custody in the US,
> explicitly in response to the lack of official data collection on this topic.
> 
> The Migrant Files
> 
> The Role of the Open Data Movement
> 
> The nascent open data movement has often focused on the release of pre-existing
> information about things which are already routinely measured by public
> institutions. Advocates have pushed for the release of datasets under open
> licenses in machine-readable formats to facilitate widespread re-use – whether
> to develop new applications and services, or to facilitate new forms of
> journalism and advocacy. Datasets are often published via data portals, of
> which there are now hundreds around the world at local, regional, national and
> supranational levels.
> 
> As well as opening up new datasets, some public institutions have implemented
> mechanisms to gather input and feedback on open data release priorities, such
> as:
> 
>   • Advisory panels and user groups – e.g. as the UK’s Open Data User Group
>     (ODUG);
>   • Dedicated staff – e.g. community management or “Chief Data Officer”
>     positions;
>   • User engagement channels – e.g. social media accounts, forums and mailing
>     lists;
>   • Data request mechanisms – e.g. Data.gov.uk’s dataset request service or the
>     EU Open Data Portal’s “Suggest a Dataset” form;
>   • Consultation processes – e.g. Open Government Partnership National Action
>     Plans;
>   • Solicitation for input around data standards – e.g. the US’s Federal
>     Spending Transparency issue tracker on GitHub.
> 
> In principle these kinds of mechanisms could be used not just to inform
> priorities for the release of existing datasets – but also in order to
> facilitate engagement between institutions and civil society actors around what
> should be measured by the public sector and how.
> 
> To use a metaphor, if data can be compared to photography, then might the open
> data movement play a role in intervening not just around access and circulation
> of snapshots taken by public institutions, but also around what is depicted and
> how it is shot?
> 
> Questions for Discussion
> 
> We would like to catalyse discussion and gather input about how to increase
> civil society engagement around the data revolution and questions about what
>  should be measured andhow. To this end, we invite advocacy groups,
> journalists, public institutions, data users, researchers and others to respond
> to the following questions.
> 
> What Can Civil Society Groups Do?
> 
>   • What can civil society organisations do to engage with the data revolution?
>   • What role might the nascent open data movement play in mediating between
>     civil society organisations and public institutions around what should be
>     measured?
>   • What opportunities does the data revolution present for civil society
>     organisations?
>   • What are the best examples of democratic interventions to change, advocate
>     or create new forms of measurement (both present and past)?
>   • What are the biggest obstacles to greater civil society engagement with the
>     data revolution? How might these be addressed?
>   • Which kinds of transnational challenges and issues (e.g. climate change,
>     tax base erosion) are currently inadequately dealt with by national data
>     infrastructures?
>   • What areas might new kinds of measurement make the biggest difference, and
>     how?
>   • What factors are most important in ensuring that data leads to action?
>   • What might civil society groups do to flag potential risks and unwanted
>     consequences of data infrastructures as well as their benefits?
> 
> What Can Public Institutions Do?
> 
>   • What can public institutions do to better understand the interests and
>     priorities of civil society organisations around what should be measured?
>   • Are there examples of where open data initiatives have facilitated
>     significant changes to existing datasets, or the creation of new kinds of
>     datasets?
>   • Which kinds of mechanisms might be most effective in understanding and
>     responding to the interests of civil society organisations around what is
>     measured and how?
>   • What are the biggest obstacles to public institutions responding more
>     effectively to the data needs and interests of civil society groups? How
>     might these be addressed?
> 
> How to Respond
> 
> We welcome responses on these and other topics via the channels below:
> 
>   • Join the discussion at: http://bit.ly/ourdatarev-forum
>   • Fill in the form at: http://bit.ly/ourdatarev
>   • Tag your responses with the #ourdatarev hashtag on Twitter 
> 
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>  1. In this context we understand data infrastructures as composites of
>     technical, legal and social systems (e.g. software, laws, policies,
>     practices, standards) involved in the creation and management of data. 
>      
> 
>  2. See: Gray, J. & Davies, T (2015) “Fighting Phantom Firms in the UK: From
>     Opening Up Datasets to Reshaping Data Infrastructures?”. Working paper
>     available at:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2610937 
>      
> 
>  3. See: Bruno, I., Didier, E., and Vitale, T. (eds) (2014) Statistics and
>     Activism. Special issue of Partecipazione e conflitto. The Open Journal of
>     Sociopolitical Studies. Available at:http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/
>     index.php/paco/issue/view/1248 
>      
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Jonathan Gray
> 
> Director of Policy and Research | @jwyg
> 
> Open Knowledge
> 
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> 
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