Evidence informed activism & data-based deliberations
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1) Evidence informed activism uses data and statistics to shape deliberations and actions on social issues. Counting and quantifying things can reveal relationships and normal behaviors. 2) When issues are better understood through data, bureaucracies and decision makers are better able to take informed actions. Several examples were given of using data to inform campaigns and policies around homelessness, transportation, and other issues. 3) Scholar activists are encouraged to conduct research that supports community groups and activists. Data can be assembled in different ways and used to build understanding, but some resist over-classification or feel data is being misused. Overall evidence and data-based deliberations and actions were advocated for various social issues.
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- 1. Evidence informed activism & data-based deliberations Tracey P. Lauriault Dunlop Oriel House, Dublin 2, 7:30PM 4th March 2015 The Programmable City Project NIRSA, NUIM Shaping Dublin: A Seminar Series on the Contemporary City By the Provisional University
- 3. Counting things makes them visible 2006 http://www.cso.ie/en/census/index.html
- 4. http://www.dublindashboard.ie/pages/DublinEnvironment Quantifying things provides information http://www.epa.ie/air/quality/#.VPX7KCxi_nM
- 5. http://euclid.psych.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/imag es/dan/quetelet-binomial.jpg https://archive.org/stream/lathoriedelhom0 0halbuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Counting and quantifying reveals what is normal
- 7. When things are known actions are taken Homosexuals were deviants and genetics demonstrated a biological predisposition Poor air quality is associated w/traffic congestion, transit and car pooling are remedial planning actions Obesity was considered a moral defect, biology and the political economy have been shown as factors, it has become a social issue
- 8. http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2015/515/b515d.pdf Bureaucracy acts upon known things http://www.refcom.ie/en/ http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1980-smoking/ http://www.ices.on.ca/flip- publication/neighbourhood- environment-and- resources/index.html
- 9. Classification and counting is resisted https://www.a sthma.ie/news /were-calling- for-clean-air- for-all http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and- style/people/being-plus-size-does-not-mean-you-re- unhealthy-1.1834306 https://www.change.org/p/seventeen-magazine- correct-their-bmi-calculator-s-definition-of-healthy- range?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_mediu m=twitter&utm_source=share_petition
- 12. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime-and-sexual-offences--2013-14/rpt- chapter-2.html Official Statistics • The Home Office now records and publishes data on homicide victims and the relationship of the victim to the principal suspect and sex the of the victim. • But it does not have the sex of the killer or connect different forms of male violence against women. .
- 15. Why the Femicide Census? • Provide a clearer picture of domestic homicides in the UK by age/ethnic origin/ relationship/ profession/region/outcome; • Provide a clearer picture of men’s fatal violence against women that is not committed by a partner or ex-partner; • Information to create advocacy tools to provide concrete data on domestic violence homicides; • Provide data when NGOs working to end domestic violence against women is providing expert evidence on domestic homicides in civil cases or before the Coroners court; • Provide comparisons and parallels between cases to identify where there is the potential for a systemic argument against the State for failing to protect the Right to Life; and • Provide a resource for academics researching femicides
- 21. • Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) - Research and Data Advisory Committee (RDAC) • Housing Agency • DRHE • Public Health • Focus Ireland • School of Social work and Social Policy TCD • Programmable City, NUIM • School of Business, TCD • HSE Network of Decision makers • Homelessness Oversight Committee • National Homeless Consultative Committee • Dublin Joint Homelessness Consultative Forum • 2016 Census Advisory Committee • Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government • Local Authorities/HSE • Charitable organizations • Housing and service providers ...more Homelessness Data Actors
- 22. “https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Pilot+Atlas+of+the+Risk+of+Homelessness Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness
- 23. Aging Social Housing Stock in Toronto
- 25. Transit & Demographic Data Eoin O’Mahony, Assistant Lecturer SPD/DCU & Omar Sarhan, GIS and data enthusiast https://irelandafternama.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/privatizing-public-transport-from-the-periphery-to-the-centre/
- 26. Public Transit Conversation Privatizing public transport from the periphery to the centre? • Data Sources • Dublin Bus routes considered for privatisation - 23 Dublin Bus & 5 Bus Éireann routes • CSO/AIRO maps at small area & electoral division to examine what public is served by public transport • Data Sets: • Population by social class – professional workers, skilled manual labour • Private Car Ownership • Deprivation Index • Analysis • Core – periphery analysis of bus route privatization • Examine demographics of ‘orbital’ areas served by proposed privatised bus routes • Effects of frequency of service delivery to different populations • Limitations • Absence of route-specific passenger load data Eoin O’Mahony, Assistant Lecturer SPD/DCU & Omar Sarhan, GIS and data enthusiast https://irelandafternama.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/privatizing-public-transport-from-the-periphery-to-the-centre/
- 30. Municipal Data Collection Tool
- 32. Save the Census Campaign http://datalibre.ca/census-watch/ 488 Against
- 36. Co-Production of knowledge with and/or for community based groups, charitable organizations & issue driven activists 1. Scholar activists commit to channel their resources and privileges afforded academics 2. Resourcing in the form of research design 3. Research that explores the barriers to sustained and active participation in activism Scholar-Activist Research Kate Driscoll Dericksona & Paul Routledgeb (2014) Resourcing Scholar-Activism: Collaboration, Transformation, and the Production of Knowledge. The Professional Geographer 67(1), DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2014.883958
- 37. Data Assemblage
- 38. Kitchin’s Data Assemblage Attributes Elements Systems of thought Modes of thinking, philosophies, theories, models, ideologies, rationalities, etc. Forms of knowledge Research texts, manuals, magazines, websites, experience, word of mouth, chat forums, etc. Finance Business models, investment, venture capital, grants, philanthropy, profit, etc. Political economy Policy, tax regimes, public and political opinion, ethical considerations, etc. Govern- mentalities / Legalities Data standards, file formats, system requirements, protocols, regulations, laws, licensing, intellectual property regimes, etc. Materialities & infrastructures Paper/pens, computers, digital devices, sensors, scanners, databases, networks, servers, etc. Practices Techniques, ways of doing, learned behaviours, scientific conventions, etc. Organisations & institutions Archives, corporations, consultants, manufacturers, retailers, government agencies, universities, conferences, clubs and societies, committees and boards, communities of practice, etc. Subjectivities & communities Of data producers, curators, managers, analysts, scientists, politicians, users, citizens, etc. Places Labs, offices, field sites, data centres, server farms, business parks, etc, and their agglomerations Marketplace For data, its derivatives (e.g., text, tables, graphs, maps), analysts, analytic software, interpretations, etc. Systemsofthought
- 39. Q & A Tracey P. Lauriault Tracey.Lauriault@NUIM.ie @TraceyLauriault http://www.nuim.ie/progcity/ Thank You!