[iDC] Data Literacy and Cultural Analytics
David Berry
D.M.Berry at swansea.ac.uk
Wed Oct 12 15:54:50 UTC 2011
Hi Lev,
Unfortunately I won't be at the conference but I thought as a contribution to the discussion you might like my suggestion for 'iteracy' to stand in for data or computational literacy. Here is my short blogpost:
> I would like to suggest that iteracy might serve as the name for the specific skills used for understanding code and algorithmic culture – as indeed literacy (understanding texts) and numeracy (understanding numbers) do in a similar context. That is, iteracy is specifically the practice or being able to read and write code, rather than the more extensive notion of digital Bildung (see Berry 2011: 20-26). So digital Bildung would include the practices of iteracy and would build on them to facilitate a broader humanistic or critical education. Here, then, iteracy is defined broadly as communicative competence in reading, writing and executing computer code. Iteration itself, is a term used in computing to refer to the repetition of a command, code fragment, process, function, etc. Understanding iteration is a crucial skill for developing programming skills as it is a means of re-using existing processes (looping structures). But also, iteration itself, combined with constant improvements, is a key way of developing software/code (very much associated with agile programming, for instance).
http://stunlaw.blogspot.com/2011/09/iteracy-reading-writing-and-running.html
Best
David
On 2 Oct 2011, at 19:34, Lev Manovich wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I am Lev Manovich and my talk at the forthcoming conference will be
> called "Data Literacy and Cultural Analytics"
>
> Here is what I plan to address:
>
>
>
> The joint availability of numerous large data sets on the web and free
> tools for data scraping, cleaning, analyzing and visualizing enable
> potentially anybody to become a citizen data miner. But how do we
> enable this in practice?
>
> What are the necessary elements of “data literacy”?
>
> How do we inspire students in traditionally non-quantiative fields
> (art history, film and media studies, literary studies, etc.) to start
> playing with big data?
>
> One the limitations of the existing popular data analysis and
> visualization tools is that they are designed to work with numbers and
> texts – but not images and video. To close this gap, In 2007 we have
> established Software Studies Initiative (softwarestudies.com) at
> University of California, San Diego. The lab’s focus in on development
> of new visualization methods particularly suited for media teaching
> and research.
>
> In my presentation I will show a sample of our projects including
> visualization of art, film, animation, video games, magazines, comics,
> manga, and graphic design. Our image sets range from 4535 covers of
> Time magazine to 320,000 Flickr images from “Art Now” and “Graphic
> Design” groups, and one million manga pages.
>
> In September 2011 we released ImagePlot - free software tool that
> visualizes collections of images and video of any size. I will discuss
> how we use ImagePlot in classes with both undergraduate and graduate
> students to create collaborative projects which reveal unexpected
> cultural trends and also make us question our existing concepts for
> understanding visual culture and media. You can download software
> here:
>
>
> http://lab.softwarestudies.com/p/imageplot.html
>
>
> best,
>
> Lev
>
> ---------------------
> Dr. Lev Manovich
> Director, Software Studies Initiative, Calit2 <softwarestudies.com>
> Professor, Visual Arts Department, UCSD <visarts.ucsd.edu>
>
> email: manovich.lev at gmail.com
> lab: softwarestudies.com
> www.manovich.net
> twitter.com/manovich
> www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=668367315
> youtube.com/user/softwarestudies
>
>
> Mailing address:
> University of California, San Diego,
> Lev Manovich, Visual Arts Department,
> 9500 Gilman Drive. #0084, La Jolla, CA 92093-0084, U.S.A
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Trebor Scholz <scholzt at newschool.edu> wrote:
>> Dear Lev,
>>
>> All participants introduced their contribution to the summit on the iDC mailing list.
>>
>> Join the discussion by posting to idc at mailman.thing.net
>>
>> The discussion leading up to MobilityShifts:
>>
>> May 2011
>> Call
>> https://lists.thing.net/pipermail/idc/2011-May/004532.html
>>
>> June 2011
>> Public Library Thread and Introductions
>> https://lists.thing.net/pipermail/idc/2011-June/thread.html
>>
>> July 2011
>> Public Library Thread continued + The Future of the Humanities +
>> Hackademia as New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
>> https://lists.thing.net/pipermail/idc/2011-July/thread.html
>>
>> August 2011
>> Discussion: The Edupunks' Guide + Are We Changing?
>> https://lists.thing.net/pipermail/idc/2011-August/thread.html
>>
>> September 2011
>> From Digital Natives to Digital Outcasts + Can DIY Education be Crowdsourced? + The Aims of Education
>> https://lists.thing.net/pipermail/idc/2011-September/thread.html
>>
>> (initiated and moderated by Trebor Scholz)
>>
>>
>> best,
>> Trebor
>> =
>>
>> R. Trebor Scholz, PhD
>> Director of the conference series The Politics of Digital Culture
>> Chair, MobilityShifts
>> The New School
>> 65 West 11th Street, New York, NY 10011
>>
>>
>>>>> Lev Manovich <manovich.lev at gmail.com> 09/30/11 3:08 PM >>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>> I am very sorry for not being in touch - classes just started at UCSD this week.
>>
>> yes of course I am participating.. I am finalizing the abstract and
>> will send it to you later today
>>
>>
>> I was not aware that you are making travel arrangements for the
>> participants - so I already booked both flights and the hotel.
>> I am arriving Dec 12 and departing Dec 16.
>>
>> However, its very possible that you have a better rate in the hotel
>> you are working with - which one is it, and what is the rate?
>>
>>
>> again, my apologies for not being in touch
>>
>> best
>>
>> lev
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Jennifer Conley Darling
>> <conleydj at newschool.edu> wrote:
>>> Dear Lev Manovich,
>>> I'm following up as we have not gotten a response from you regarding the
>>> confirmation of your date & time, nor a title and description of your talk.
>>> We also have not made any flight arrangements for you. I am currently
>>> holding a hotel room for three nights (Oct 13-16) in your name and will need
>>> to release these at the beginning of next week if you will not be joining
>>> us.
>>> Please let us know per the below email if you can accommodate the timing.
>>> I look forward to your response.
>>> Jennifer
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Jennifer Conley Darling
>>> <conleydj at newschool.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Lev,
>>>> I'm so glad to have you on board for MobilityShifts. The full conference
>>>> runs October 10-16. We have you slated to speak in speaker series on Friday,
>>>> October 14 from 10-12pm in Wollman Hall located at 65 West 11 Street.
>>>> If you'd be so kind as to send a brief description and title of your talk,
>>>> we would like to include this in our program, which goes to print late next
>>>> week.
>>>> Thank you so much and don't hesitate to reach out with questions.
>>>> --
>>>> Jennifer Conley Darling
>>>> Conference Producer
>>>> MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit
>>>> October 10-16, 2011
>>>> The New School
>>>> 65 West 11 Street
>>>> New York, NY 10011
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Lev Manovich <manovich.lev at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes I confirmed already - very happy to participate
>>>>>
>>>>> what dates will be the conference - 14-16 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> and my talk?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lev
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Losh, Elizabeth <elosh at mail.ucsd.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Jennifer,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Last I heard Lev was on board, but I am cc'ing him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Liz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone and thus more likely to include nonstandard
>>>>>> spelling or syntax.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:23 AM, "Jennifer Conley Darling"
>>>>>> <conleydj at newschool.edu
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Liz,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Trebor had asked me to follow up with you regarding Lev's
>>>>>>> participation in MobilityShifts. Have you been able to get
>>>>>>> confirmation from him? If so, we would like to begin a direct
>>>>>>> communication with Lev regarding location, A/V needs, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please let me know where things stand as soon as possible. Thanks
>>>>>>> so much.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jennifer Conley Darling
>>>>>>> Conference Producer
>>>>>>> MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit
>>>>>>> October 10-16, 2011
>>>>>>> The New School
>>>>>>> 65 West 11 Street
>>>>>>> New York, NY 10011
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jennifer Conley Darling
>>> Conference Producer
>>> MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit
>>> October 10-16, 2011
>>> The New School
>>> 65 West 11 Street
>>> New York, NY 10011
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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---
Dr. David M. Berry
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
Department of Political and Cultural Studies
Swansea University
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