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Tkacz, Nathaniel, Henrique da Mata Martins, Mário, Porto de Albuquerque, João , Horita, Flávio and Dolif Neto, Giovanni (2021) Data diaries : a situated approach to the study of data. Big Data & Society, 8 (1). pp. 1-16. doi:10.1177/2053951721996036 ISSN 2053-9517.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951721996036
Abstract
This article adapts the ethnographic medium of the diary to develop a method for studying data and related data practices. The article focuses on the creation of one data diary, developed iteratively over three years in the context of a national centre for monitoring disasters and natural hazards in Brazil (Cemaden). We describe four points of focus involved in the creation of a data diary – spaces, interfaces, types and situations – before reflecting on the value of this method. We suggest data diaries (1) are able to capture the informal dimension of data-intensive organisations; (2) enable empirical analysis of the specific ways that data intervene in the unfolding of situations; and (3) as a document, data diaries can foster interdisciplinary and inter-expert dialogue by bridging different ways of knowing data.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Institute for Global Sustainable Development |
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SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais, Big data -- Brazil, Data mining, Quantitative research -- Data processing | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Big Data & Society | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2053-9517 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | 1 January 2021 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-16 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/2053951721996036 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 June 2021 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 June 2021 | ||||||||||||
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