TY - BOOK ID - 121838011 TI - Living in data : a citizen's guide to a better information future PY - 2021 SN - 9780374189907 0374189900 PB - New York MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux DB - UniCat KW - Information visualization KW - Information behavior KW - Statistics KW - Quantitative research KW - Big data KW - grafisch ontwerp KW - 766.022 KW - big data KW - informatiedesign KW - information design KW - grafische vormgeving KW - grafisch design KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:121838011 AB - "A provocative, eye-opening, example-laden exploration of our current and future relationship with data"-- "To live in data in the twenty-first century is to be incessantly extracted from, classified and categorized, statisti-fied, sold, and surveilled. Data—our data—is mined and processed for profit, power, and political gain. In Living in Data, Thorp asks a crucial question of our time: How do we stop passively inhabiting data, and instead become active citizens of it? Threading a data story through hippo attacks, glaciers, and school gymnasiums, around colossal rice piles, and over active minefields, Living in Data reminds us that the future of data is still wide open, that there are ways to transcend facts and figures and to find more visceral ways to engage with data, that there are always new stories to be told about how data can be used. Punctuated with Thorp's original and informative illustrations, Living in Data not only redefines what data is, but reimagines who gets to speak its language and how to use its power to create a more just and democratic future. Timely and inspiring, Living in Data gives us a much-needed path forward." -- Publisher's description ER -