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DPHU1008/MEDA1308 Working with Data

Assessment 2: Portfolio Part 1

Write a 1200-word analysis of a data set. In your portfolio:

1. Identify your data set: provide an image and the link to the source.

Describe your data set

a. What is it?

b. What does it show?

c. Is the data ‘structured’ or ‘unstructured’? Why is this significant in the context of this course? Provide theoretically informed reasons for your answers with in-text reference to the course readings. (200 words)

2. Contextualize your data set through Haraway’s situated analysis questions. Answer the following questions in your own words. (800 words)

a. Who created the data set, and what is their background? Do they have the authority to reliably create such a data set?

b. Who has the power to decide how your data set is used or shared? How does this affect the way the data set was created?

c. Does this knowledge include different perspectives or just one main view?

d. How does the data set impact different groups of people?

e. Does the data set question or support widely accepted (hegemonic) ideas?

f. How do the personal experiences or interests of the data set creators affect the data set?

g. How can one confirm or question the accuracy of the data set?

h. How was the data gathered or created, and does this method affect the findings?

i. How is this information communicated, and how do different people understand it?

j. Are there any ethical concerns about how this knowledge was produced or used?

3. Through your situated analysis you should have a deeper understanding of your data set. Based on your situated analysis, draw your conclusions to evaluate the impact of your data set on its target audience. You may consider possible embedded biases, power dynamics, and/or underlying assumptions, etc.

Express your ideas in your own words. Provide theoretically informed support for your answer with in-text reference to the course readings. (200 words)