Data Detectives: Decoding Census Data for Local Place-Making

Pamela CharlickandNatasha Nicholson, architects and co-leads of theBrixham Data Trust Pilot project, are conducting research in the fishing town of Brixham, South Devon, to develop a place-based community data trust. This initiative aims to benefit the local community by stewarding local data and data rights.Supported by the Data Trusts Initiative and the Data Empowerment Fund, their work is progressing from theory to practice. They foundedProspect Brixham CICto engage with the community, build the local data ecosystem, and create a supportive network within the South West region and beyond. The project site, within a 3km radius from Brixham's town centre, is 50/50 land and sea.Their vision for a‘place-based data trust’dates from a 2020 research proposal. It emerged from themes of democracy, data, and placemaking explored during a Data Research Fellowship with the South West Creative Technology Network.

Prospect Brixham CIC

Join us in constructing a picture of a community using ONS open-access census data to explore an anonymised area of London through its data

Kings College London, Bush House

This event is part of London Data Week 2024 Are you curious about the hidden stories of your community? In this interactive workshop, we’ll discover how ONS (Office for National Statistics) open-access census data can unlock the secrets of places and communities, at a local level, using spatial mapping tools. We’ll explore an anonymised area of London through its data alone, and use it to construct a collective image of the area and its community. Where is the picture incomplete? What data is missing? What worries or delights you about this place? What would you want to examine, with what evidence base? Finally, we’ll reveal the location and compare it to our data-driven portrait. We will use it to collectively discuss data and place, which voices are missing, and how we/they can be represented. We hope you’ll come away with a vision of a place where citizens are empowered around data, their data rights and decision-making around data. The workshop is open to everyone – no technical expertise required! In Person Event - Live in LondonData Detectives: Decoding Census Data for Local Place-MakingMon, July 1, 2024, 5.30pm - 7.30pm (Doors open at 5.15pm)Kings College London, Bush House (SE) 2.10, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG

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