WHAT I KNOW IS 2:

DATA LITERACY,
OPEN DATA AND
KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING
COMMUNITIES

2-Day International Conference

What I Know Is 2:

DATA LITERACY, OPEN DATA AND
KNOWLEDGE - BUILDING COMMUNITIES

RSE Life in Data Research Network:
Public Dissemination Event

Date

27th September 2018 – 28th September 2018

Venue

CodeBase Stirling. FK8 2HU

Registration

Please note that due to a number of recent changes in circumstance, and in a change to previously advertised circumstances, tickets to this event are now free.

Spaces are limited, however, so please do go to the registration cite to register your attendance.

Conference ticket

About the RSE Life in Data Research Network

The RSE Life in Data Network is a collaborative project funded through generous support by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. We facilitate knowledge exchange amongst Scottish HEIs, SCIs, public and third sector partners, to explore the emergent field of data literacy, openness, education policy and creative data innovation in Scotland. At its inception in January 2017, the Network set out to meet a number of objectives, chief among these being to map.
  • how data literacy is currently understood & how understandings can shift depending on context;
  • the extent to which data literacy is fostered in the education sector in Scotland, and in the skills development sector for creative industries;
  • what it means for local governance, education policy and lifelong learning; and
  • what the best ways are to encourage the development of creative and inclusive Scottish data community.
These objectives had both educational and civic ends in mind, sought to address the challenges in a contemporary multi-sectoral work environment, multi-disciplinary approaches to problem-finding and problem-solving in the field of data literacy.
Since setting out these terms we recognise that there are valuable opportunities to both learn from and collaborate with, international partners who have expertise in local and national contexts that pose both similar and radically different challenges for citizens, governments, businesses and institutions to engage with data literacy.
This conference sets out to reintroduce the original objectives of the Network in the context of these international developments, and we invite colleagues from international partner universities to present keynote research on the power of data literacy, the concept of Open, and what this means for various kinds of knowledge-building communities.
Presentation themes include: Ethics and Politics of Open Data; Working with Open Data; Open Learning and Open Energy; Data Journalism in China; Practices of Data Journalism in Vietnam; and Wikis as Knowledge-Building Communities.

Keynote Speakers

Martin Poulter

Wikimedian in Residence, University of Oxford

WORKING IN A WORLD OF OPEN DATA

Alongside the World Wide Web of sites and documents, there is a growing, global web of data. This web changes the environment in which we create sites and applications. These changes offer great opportunities to join up research, curation, and education. The rewards are not just ease of access, but sustainability for existing knowledge and a more active role for the public. To make the best use of these changes, we need to rethink how institutions manage their knowledge. There also needs to be a hub; a starting-point for the web of data in the same way that Wikipedia is a starting point for the web of documents. This talk is an overview of the changes brought about by the web of open data and the central role played by Wikidata.
Dr Martin Poulter is the Wikimedian In Residence at the University of Oxford. He helps cultural institutions and researchers work with Wikidata, Wikipedia and other open platforms. His PhD is in the philosophy of science.

Other
Speakers

Darinka del Carmen Ramírez Hernández, (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico); Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian In Residence, University of Edinburgh); María Soledad Ramírez Montoya (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico); Dr Lê Triệu Thanh (Dean of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnamese National University); Ian Watt (Open Data Institute, Aberdeen); Dr Chang Xin (Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, China); Professor Weiwei Zhang (School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University, China); Professor Xi Zhuang (Deputy Director – Department of Journalism, School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University, China).

Conference Schedule

Day 1: Thursday 27th September

9:30 - 10:00

Registration and Tea/Coffee

10:00 - 10:15

Dr Greg Singh and Dr Eddy Borges-Rey
(University of Stirling)

Conference Welcome: Co-Directors of RSE Life in Data

10:15 - 11:15

Greg Singh and Eddy Borges-Rey
(University of Stirling)

Life in Data: Data Literacies to Build BridgesInterim findings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Life in Data Research Network

11:15 - 11:30

11:30 - 12:30

Darinka del Carmen Ramírez Hernández
(Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)

Darinka del Carmen Ramírez Hernández in conversation with Dr Eddy Borges-Rey

12:30 - 13:30

13:30 - 14:45

Ian Watt
(Open Data Institute)

Ian Watt in conversation with Dr Greg Singh

14:45 - 15:00

15:00 - 16:30

Dr Chang Xin and Professor Weiwei Zhang

Current professional and educational issues: Dr Chang Xin (Beijing Instituteof Graphic Communication, China).

The use of Big Data and the development of the practice: Professor Weiwei Zhang (School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University).

Respondent: Dr Eddy Borges-Rey

Day 2: Friday 28th September

9:15 - 9:45

Registration and Tea/Coffee

9:45 - 10:45

Dr Martin Poulter

Dr Martin Poulter (Wikimedian In Residence, University of Oxford) Chair: Dr Greg Singh (University of Stirling)

11:00 - 11:15

Refreshments

11:15 - 12:30

Dr Lê Triệu Thanh

Vietnam Data Journalism: Approaches, Practices and Implications for Innovation.

Dr Lê Triệu Thanh (Dean of the Faculty of Journalismand Communication, University of Social Sciences and Humanities –Vietnamese National University) Respondent: Dr Eddy Borges-Rey (University of Stirling)

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:45 - 15:00

Professor Xi Zhuang

Professor Xi Zhuang (Deputy Director –Department of Journalism, School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University)

15:00 - 15:15

Refreshments

15:15 - 16:15

Ewan McAndrew, Dr Martin Poulter and Dr Simon Rowberry

Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian In Residence, University of Edinburgh) Dr Martin Poulter (Wikimedian In Residence, University of Oxford) Dr Simon Rowberry (Digital Media & Publishing Studies, University of Stirling)
Other participants TBC
Chair: Dr Greg Singh (University of Stirling)

Further enquiries should be addressed
to the Conference Administrator,
Lyana Macinnes at: lp5@stir.ac.uk