Celebrating creativity in data science and developing a more open, ethical, and inclusive future for data work. New book will be released June 7!

Joined May 2021
Artist @ssteenaa explores Caribbean migration patterns to tell woven stories: “Whose truth is this? Who collected it? Who defined its authenticity, with all its missing pieces?...There is a wealth of power in the indv. story.” 👉 datasciencebydesign.org/blog… 📘 datasciencebydesign.org/book…
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Artist Sharla (@sharlagelfand) created a beautiful set of pieces inspired by a 6 day backpacking trip. The work "explores how these environments affect us and, in turn, how we begin to affect them through the use of data..." 👉 datasciencebydesign.org/blog… 📘 datasciencebydesign.org/book…
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Our History: Global Queer Rights Through a Historical Colonial Lens by @ebaydickinson.
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It’s time to showcase two more pieces of the second Anthology: “Our Environment”. Read a couple of pieces a week throughout the summer or buy your own printed copy here: datasciencebydesign.org/book…. Read this week's pieces 👇
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This week we are excited to feature artwork and essay by @ameliawb. "To proceed forward with a colonial mindset is to colonize the future." 👉 datasciencebydesign.org/blog… Full book 📘: datasciencebydesign.org/book…
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Also, @elliebalk! They create installations based on local data & community. “Once somebody is involved in a project like this, they have ownership of it. I've seen the power that that has and the way that people can connect through this experience.” 👉 datasciencebydesign.org/blog…
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First up: a zine! We love zines. @@codymarkelz and Jackie Dean introduce us to the world of wildfire data with illustrations and data visualizations of fire data from different ecosystems in Alaska and California. 👉 datasciencebydesign.org/blog…
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Also, @lyssascii uses data to help her community embrace zero-waste practices. “​​If I had just relied solely on online data without having the physical experience…, I would not have realized that so much of the data online was outdated or missing...” 👉 datasciencebydesign.org/blog…
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Mellissa Kagen explores data in video games. “...players of a game are often doing the more subtle kind of interactivity of a storyteller as well...They are making sense of an incoherent jumble of data, organizing it into a story in their minds.” 👉datasciencebydesign.org/blog…
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Online now, check out chp. 2 of the book by artist @ijeamaka_a 🧵 Here they explore the relationship between generative art, craftwork, and the concept of temporary environments. English:datasciencebydesign.org/blog… Español:datasciencebydesign.org/blog… Book 📘: datasciencebydesign.org/book…
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