Rob Kitchin

eBook, ePUB

The Data Revolution (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Analysis of Big Data, Open Data and Data Infrastructures

Beschreibung

Our world is becoming ever more data-driven, transforming how business is conducted, governance enacted, and knowledge produced. Yet, the nature of data and the scope and implications of the changes taking place are not always clear. The Data Revolution is a must read for anyone interested in why data have become so important in the contemporary era.

Thoroughly updated, including ten new chapters, the book provides an accessible and comprehensive:

• introduction to thinking conceptually about the nature of data and the field of critical data studies
• overview of big data, open data and data infrastructures
• analysis of the utility and value of big and open data for research, business, government and civil society
• assessment of the concerns and risks in a data-driven world and how to prevent and mitigate them.

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Autor

Rob Kitchin is a Professor in Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute and Department of Geography. He was a European Research Council Advanced Investigator on the Programmable City project (2013-2018) and a principal investigator on the Building City Dashboards project (2016-2020) and for the Digital Repository of Ireland (2009-2017). He is the (co)author or (co)editor of 31 other academic books, and (co)author of over 200 articles and book chapters. He has been an editor of Dialogues in Human Geography, Progress in Human Geography and Social and Cultural Geography, and was the co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. He was the 2013 recipient of the Royal Irish Academy's Gold Medal for the Social Sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529765113
• Artikelnr.: 61984043

Rezensionen

The Data Revolution (2nd edition) is an impressive tour de force of scholarship and practice at the intersection of data, democracy and action. Grounding itself in the emerging field of Critical Data Studies, the updated edition surveys the past decade of work on open data, big vs. small data, data justice, data and research infrastructures, security, financial regimes, data activism and more. Together the chapters provide a compelling account of contemporary thinking about data as well as outline points of tension and contestation across domains. Because of its wide-ranging and interdisciplinary purview, this book will be and invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and newcomers. Catherine D'Ignazio 20210614