{"product_id":"all-data-are-local-yanni-alexander-loukissas-9780262545174","title":"All Data Are Local: Thinking Critically in a Data-Driven Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making power of the local.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, Yanni Loukissas argues in \u003ci\u003eAll Data Are Local\u003c\/i\u003e, we should approach data sets with an awareness that data are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, with the instruments at hand, for audiences that are conditioned to receive them. The term \u003ci\u003edata set\u003c\/i\u003e implies something discrete, complete, and portable, but it is none of those things. Examining a series of data sources important for understanding the state of public life in the United States--Harvard's Arnold Arboretum, the Digital Public Library of America, UCLA's Television News Archive, and the real estate marketplace Zillow--Loukissas shows us how to analyze data settings rather than data sets.\u003cbr\u003eLoukissas sets out six principles: all data are local; data have complex attachments to place; data are collected from heterogeneous sources; data and algorithms are inextricably entangled; interfaces recontextualize data; and data are indexes to local knowledge. He then provides a set of practical guidelines to follow. To make his argument, Loukissas employs a combination of qualitative research on data cultures and exploratory data visualizations. Rebutting the \"myth of digital universalism,\" Loukissas reminds us of the meaning-making power of the local.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yanni Alexander Loukissas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262545179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262545174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Yanni Alexander Loukissas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056713298175,"sku":"9780262545174","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1d45774-7d13-4f84-b83d-75357e404df9.jpg?v=1685042843","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-data-are-local-yanni-alexander-loukissas-9780262545174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}