Data and Humanity (with Mimi Onuoha & Lam Thuy Vo)

Episode 1 May 16, 2021 00:57:21
Data and Humanity (with Mimi Onuoha & Lam Thuy Vo)
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Data and Humanity (with Mimi Onuoha & Lam Thuy Vo)

May 16 2021 | 00:57:21

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Show Notes

In the first episode of our new season, "Becoming Data," artist Mimi Onuoha and data journalist Lam Thuy Vo join our host, Natalie Kerby, to consider what is lost when human life becomes translated into data. How do people show up in data, and what are some of the inequalities that result from data collection?

 

This season, "Becoming Data," is a partnership between the magazine Public Books and the research institution Data & Society. Follow us on Twitter @PublicBooks and @DataSociety.

 

View full episode notes and a transcript here.

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