[HOT] [CrisisMappers] knight civic media session

[Jeffrey Warren]

2 big ones from the Public Lab perspective:

A) Citizen collected data as a piece in the government transparency puzzle
-- i.e. that citizens' ability to independently collect, interpret, and
publish their own data can play a role in keeping government (and industry)
accountable. Government transparency (or Big Data, for that matter) doesn't
have to be a one-way street!

B) *Community-directed* citizen data collection, where those collecting the
data are also involved in framing questions, interpreting results, and
advocating for change based on the data, rather than simply being
mechanical "data collection sources" or data points themselves. This model
should be more championed in contrast to the centralized "we collect all
the data and make decisions on the behalf of the public" model.

I'll be there tonight through Tuesday, love to catch up!

Jeff






On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 12:11 PM, alyssa wright <alyssapwright at gmail.com>wrote:

> If time or bathroom break permits -- I humbly request your thoughts on
> what you see as the most
> significant/interesting/exciting/provoking/scandalous gap in citizen data
> collection.
>
> Yes, I know. My request is ridiculously broad.  But for tomorrow's Knight
> Conference I am facilitating  (an assigned) breakout session titled:
> "Filling in the Gap - Citizen Data Collection." I am looking for ways to
> focus the session in support of ongoing dialogues in the crisis mapping and
> humanitarian space.
>
> The topic of the conference is outsiders/insiders, and since I'm pretty
> sure I'm an outsider (or just a pisces, and who isn't really?) I thought
> I'd ask for your help.
>
> At the moment, my closest articulations circle around the ethical (the
> tomnod and NSA threads) or say the motivational gaps of citizen,
> corporation, government, NGO, etc. I am not sure how to focus these into a
> successful breakout structure.
>
> Also!! if anyone is coming to the conference come find me!  I think I'll
> be the only one in a neon green dress, but if I'm wrong I'd like to meet
> her too.
>
> Best,
> Alyssa.
>
>
>
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