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Information Ecosystems


Season 3: Data Science for Social Justice

The InfoEco project seeks to advance a deeply powerful understanding of where data comes from and how it is used, setting the present moment within a century-long history of information supply and its power-laden consequences. At a moment when societies are in urgent need of guidance to navigate rapidly shifting digital terrain, we are coming together to build a deep understanding of the social and political life of data.

In the 2022-2023 Academic Year, we are proud to present a series of podcasts documenting the Data Science 4 Social Justice (DS4SJ) project here at the University of Pittsburgh. One of Pitt’s goals is to leverage knowledge—through  teaching, research, and community service—for  society’s gain. The dominance of the digital sphere, the upheaval of civic life, and the role of technology in accelerating systemic inequality create an unprecedented opportunity to apply “use-driven data science” for social impact. This year, we will hear from numerous members of this project, from Pitt and beyond, about the ways that data science can facilitate a more equitable society.

Apr 29, 2022

A digital humanities librarian, project manager and researcher, philosopher, and law professor walk into a podcast... Hear what happens in today’s episode, which features four members of the Year of Data and Society Steering Committee: Tyrica Terry-Kapral, Liz Monk, Lisa Parker, and Mike Madison. The interviewer is Briana Wipf. This season of the Information Ecosystems podcast is being produced in affiliation with the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh. The website for the Information Ecosystems project is https://infoeco.hcommons.org/, and the website for the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh is https://yearofdataandsociety.pitt.edu/ 

For more about Terry-Kapral's work, visit https://cadatpitt.github.io/. For more about Lisa Parker’s work, visit https://bioethics.pitt.edu/people/lisa-s-parker-phd. For more about Liz Monk’s work, visit https://ucsur.pitt.edu/index.php. For more about Mike Madison, visit https://www.law.pitt.edu/people/michael-j-madison. Give his podcast a listen at https://omny.fm/shows/future-law-podcast-1 

Interviews for this episode were recorded between March 22, and April 4, 2022. 

The Information Ecosystems project seeks to advance a deeply powerful understanding of where data comes from and how it is used, setting the present moment within a century-long history of information supply and its power-laden consequences. At a moment when societies are in urgent need of guidance to navigate rapidly shifting digital terrain, we are coming together to build a deep understanding of the social and political life of data.