Week 6: October 15, 2019 – Data

Readings Due: 

  • Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein. “Chapter 5: The Numbers Don’t Speak for Themselves” Data Feminism MIT Press [with permission from authors]
  • Rawson, Katie and Trevor Muñoz. “Against Cleaning.” Debates in the Digital Humanities. Eds. Matthew K. Gold and Lauren Klein. Minnesota: U of Minn Press, 2019. [NOTE: Dr. Rawson will be at the Graduate Center to give a talk about this piece on Friday, September 20th at 4:00 PM in room 4406. If it is at all possible to attend, I encourage you to do so.] 

Optional: 

  • Hadley Wickham. “Tidy Data” Journal of Statistical Software. Volume VV. Issue ii. [PDF in Commons]
  • Leus, Koen. “feminist data studies: using digital methods for ethical, reflexive and situated socio-cultural research.” feminist review. (115) 2017. pages 130-154. [PDF in Commons]

Notebook Activity: TBD

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