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 <[email protected]> > Date: 2015-07-09 8:57 GMT-03:00 > Subject: [open-development] New Discussion Paper: "Democratising the Data > Revolution" > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > okfn-discuss <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]>, open-development < > [email protected]> > > > (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 > > ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ > > 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 > > okfn.org | @okfn > > > _______________________________________________ > open-development mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-development > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-development > > _______________________________________________ okfn-br mailing list [email protected] https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-br Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-br
