Michael Gurstein on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:45:51 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Open Data: Empowering the Empowered or Effective Data Use for Everyone |
A blogpost on Open Data that may be of interest http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/open-data-empowering-the-empowered- or-effective-data-use-for-everyone/ "Efforts to extend access to "data" will perhaps inevitably create a "data divide" parallel to the oft-discussed "digital divide" between those who have access to data which could have significance in their daily lives and those who don't. Associated with this will, one can assume, be many of the same background conditions which have been identified as likely reasons for the digital divide-that is differences in income, education, literacy and so on. However, just as with the "digital divide", these divisions don't simply stop or be resolved with the provision of digital (or data) "access". What is necessary as well, is that those for whom access is being provided are in a position to actually make use of the now available access (to the Internet or to data) in ways that are meaningful and beneficial for them." And a follow-up http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/open-data-2-effective-data-use/ "In the following I will itemize what I think are the various elements that are required to be in place on the end user side for effective use of open data to take place. Some of these are more essential than others but to my mind some component of each needs to be in place or large numbers of those who might otherwise make use of Open Data to improve their lives and particularly the poor and marginalized will be excluded from making "effective use" of open data." Mike Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training (CCIRDT) Vancouver, CANADA http://www.communityinformatics.net Now blogging at http://gurstein.wordpress.com/ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org