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Define what is meant by key points that link information science and the humanities.
Assess how information science affects our lives.
Articulate the significance of varying disciplinary approaches to data from across both HASS & STEM.
Display an awareness of future issues facing the incorporation of information by industry.
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Weeks 1-2: introduce the unit through examination of how well (sometimes not very well, sometimes in ways unexpected) our daily lives are ‘informed’ by data
Case studies problematize whether the ‘natural/human’ or the ‘digital’ are most appropriate way for understanding what the world is really like: Is the map sufficient for the terrain? (‘Inadequacy’ of data; ‘Duplicity’ of data; ‘Innocence’ of data)
Weeks 3-7 consider how data informs the disciplines by which we have traditionally understood our place in the world. This is done through a series of guest lectures by figures from across the campus
· Private rights vs Public good
· Data as knowledge: virtual certainty
· Data as prose: lost in (machine) translation; choosing your own adventure
· Diagnosing through data: Dr Google will see you now
· Data and perception: analogue always looks/sounds better
Weeks 8-11 student-lead workshops based on their own disciplines – write a reflective essay on how their field has (or might yet be) transformed by the digital revolution
Week 12 – summary class