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This document summarizes a presentation about bridging the gap between technology and activism. It discusses challenges with using sensitive data, analyzing conflict data, and data use during the Ebola response. Common challenges identified include admitting uncertainty, understanding context beyond just numbers, valuing diversity of skills and perspectives, and importance of collaboration. The presentation concludes by encouraging attendees to ask questions about how adversaries could misuse their data, having holistic security plans, informed consent for users, users' technical literacy levels, and having team members focused on ethics.

Technology

csvconf, May 2016 @zararah
Bridging the gap:
tech ↔ activism
By Zara Rahman
@zararah

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
#responsibledata
https://theengineroom.org
https://responsibledata.io

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
https://responsibledata.io/
reflection-stories/

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
…sometimes tech really DOES improve people's lives
Women on Waves: the Abortion Drone
The Counted

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
…sometimes it doesn't.

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
I'll talk about…
• Using sensitive data
• Analysing data
• Common challenges
• Questions to ask yourself

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Using sensitive data
Reflection Story #6

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
MediCapt
• Standardising data collection
• Digitising data collection
• Iterating upon tool choice
• Reality check

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Sharing reports of violence
• Personally Identifiable Information
• Future proofing
• Collaboration
• Launch
Reflection Story #3

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Sharing reports of violence
• Personally Identifiable Information
• Future proofing
• Collaboration
• Launch

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Data on killings in the Syrian conﬂict
https://hrdag.org
Reflection Story #7

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Data sources for casualties in Syria
• March 15 Group
• Syrian government
• Syrian Center for Statistics and Research
• Syrian Network for Human Rights
• Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
• Syrian Revolution General Council
• Syria Shuhada Website
• Violations Documentation Centre, the documentation arm of the Local Coordination Committees
• Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies
• …and more.

– Brian Root, Numbers are Only Human, page 6
Imagine the decision that might have to be made to categorize a
typical citizen with no military training, who has picked up a gun
shortly before his death. Perhaps the coder might have a bias to
continue calling this person a civilian. But this person took up
arms against the government, did they not?

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Image copied with permission
from ‘Searching for Trends:
Analyzing Patterns in Conflict
Violence Data’ by Megan Price and
Anita Gohdes
Documented deaths in Tartus

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
readers' visual literacy

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Data in the Ebola response
http://cis-india.org/papers/ebola-a-big-data-disaster

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
Data in the Ebola response
• Using Call Detail Records (CDRs)
• Getting access to the data
• Decision-making
• Digital infrastructure

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
commonalities
• Admitting uncertainty: quickly changing, grey areas

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
commonalities
• Admitting uncertainty: quickly changing, grey areas
• Context: the numbers aren't everything

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
commonalities
• Admitting uncertainty: quickly changing, grey areas
• Context: the numbers aren't everything
• Diversity: importance of different skills + perspectives

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
conclusion
// questions to ask yourself

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
what might an adversary do
with your data?

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
what's your holistic security
plan?

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
what does informed consent
look like for your users?

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
what levels of technical literacy
do your users have?

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
in your team, whose job is it to
think about the ethics?

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
questions to ask yourself
• What might an adversary might do with your data?
• What's your holistic security plan?
• What does informed consent mean for the people you're working
with?
• What levels of technical literacy do your users have?
• Whose job is it to think about the ethics of what you're doing?

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
tech + data projects can have all
sorts of unforeseen consequences

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
…even when they are well-
intentioned.

@zararahcsvconf, May 2016
thank you!
mail@zararah.net
@zararah

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Bridging the gap: tech ↔︎ activism

1. csvconf, May 2016 @zararah Bridging the gap: tech ↔ activism By Zara Rahman @zararah

2. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 background

3. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016

4. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 #responsibledata https://theengineroom.org https://responsibledata.io

5. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 https://responsibledata.io/ reflection-stories/

6. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 …sometimes tech really DOES improve people's lives Women on Waves: the Abortion Drone The Counted

7. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 …sometimes it doesn't.

8. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 I'll talk about… • Using sensitive data • Analysing data • Common challenges • Questions to ask yourself

9. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Using sensitive data Reflection Story #6

10. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 MediCapt • Standardising data collection • Digitising data collection • Iterating upon tool choice • Reality check

11. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 MediCapt • Standardising data collection • Digitising data collection • Iterating upon tool choice • Reality check

12. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 MediCapt • Standardising data collection • Digitising data collection • Iterating upon tool choice • Reality check

13. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 MediCapt • Standardising data collection • Digitising data collection • Iterating upon tool choice • Reality check

14. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Sharing reports of violence • Personally Identifiable Information • Future proofing • Collaboration • Launch Reflection Story #3

15. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Sharing reports of violence • Personally Identifiable Information • Future proofing • Collaboration • Launch

16. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Sharing reports of violence • Personally Identifiable Information • Future proofing • Collaboration • Launch

17. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Sharing reports of violence • Personally Identifiable Information • Future proofing • Collaboration • Launch

18. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Sharing reports of violence • Personally Identifiable Information • Future proofing • Collaboration • Launch

19. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Data on killings in the Syrian conﬂict https://hrdag.org Reflection Story #7

20. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Data sources for casualties in Syria • March 15 Group • Syrian government • Syrian Center for Statistics and Research • Syrian Network for Human Rights • Syrian Observatory for Human Rights • Syrian Revolution General Council • Syria Shuhada Website • Violations Documentation Centre, the documentation arm of the Local Coordination Committees • Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies • …and more.

21. – Brian Root, Numbers are Only Human, page 6 Imagine the decision that might have to be made to categorize a typical citizen with no military training, who has picked up a gun shortly before his death. Perhaps the coder might have a bias to continue calling this person a civilian. But this person took up arms against the government, did they not?

22. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Image copied with permission from ‘Searching for Trends: Analyzing Patterns in Conflict Violence Data’ by Megan Price and Anita Gohdes Documented deaths in Tartus

23. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 readers' visual literacy

24. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Data in the Ebola response http://cis-india.org/papers/ebola-a-big-data-disaster

25. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Data in the Ebola response • Using Call Detail Records (CDRs) • Getting access to the data • Decision-making • Digital infrastructure

26. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Data in the Ebola response • Using Call Detail Records (CDRs) • Getting access to the data • Decision-making • Digital infrastructure

27. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Data in the Ebola response • Using Call Detail Records (CDRs) • Getting access to the data • Decision-making • Digital infrastructure

28. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 Data in the Ebola response • Using Call Detail Records (CDRs) • Getting access to the data • Decision-making • Digital infrastructure

29. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 commonalities • Admitting uncertainty: quickly changing, grey areas

30. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 commonalities • Admitting uncertainty: quickly changing, grey areas • Context: the numbers aren't everything

31. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 commonalities • Admitting uncertainty: quickly changing, grey areas • Context: the numbers aren't everything • Diversity: importance of different skills + perspectives

32. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 commonalities • Admitting uncertainty: quickly changing, grey areas • Context: the numbers aren't everything • Diversity: importance of different skills + perspectives • Collaboration: communication + building with

33. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 conclusion // questions to ask yourself

34. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 what might an adversary do with your data?

35. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 what's your holistic security plan?

36. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 what does informed consent look like for your users?

37. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 what levels of technical literacy do your users have?

38. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 in your team, whose job is it to think about the ethics?

39. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 questions to ask yourself • What might an adversary might do with your data? • What's your holistic security plan? • What does informed consent mean for the people you're working with? • What levels of technical literacy do your users have? • Whose job is it to think about the ethics of what you're doing?

40. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 tech + data projects can have all sorts of unforeseen consequences

41. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 …even when they are well- intentioned.

42. @zararahcsvconf, May 2016 thank you! mail@zararah.net @zararah

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