How to Get Open Data into the Hands of Activists

Explore the intersection of open data and activism in this GOTO 2013 conference talk. Discover how social and digital activists can collaborate effectively using open data as a common ground. Learn about the importance of transforming open data into common knowledge and the potential of open analytics to empower social activists. Gain insights into early activism, data standards, software freedoms, and the challenges of working with big data. Examine real-world examples from underdeveloped countries and discuss new social contracts. Understand the role of digital activists in creating change and the importance of reaching people through various channels. Delve into ideological questions and the concept of common knowledge in the context of activism and open data.

Intro
Early activism
State of emergency
My story
Civil war
Cape Town
Protests
Density
Data and Activism
Where did I find the data
What would we do differently
Open Data
Software Freedoms
Data Standards
Error margins
Strict data format
JSON
Too Hard Remix
frictionless data sets
big data
Splitting data
Finding trends
Location independence
Peertopeer
BitTorrent
Digital Activist
Social Activist
What is Activism
Undeveloped Countries
New Social Contracts
Federated Wiki
How to reach people
Marketing
Feedback
SMS
Ideological Questions
Cow Tshirt
Cat Stevens of Africa
Common Knowledge