Radical Data: The Emerging Movement in Data, Art and Activism

At Good Tech Fest, Jo Kroese spoke about our work with Radical Data, Data Feminism, breakups with big tech and why the 'Data for Good' movement needs to think a little harder about what 'good' means.

We were chuffed to share our thoughts alongside organisations like DataKind and Gov Lab.

0:00 Introduction
1:00 The promise of a data revolution
1:57 Data's boring dystopia
3:14 Data's complicity in violence
4:49 Where's our utopia?
5:49 Trust after betrayal
8:20 What does an alternative look like?
8:53 Data for resistance: Hong Kong protests
9:37 Data for community: Queering the Map
10:52 Data for justice: Forensic Architecture
11:28 Data for bearing witness: Mapa de los Feminicidios
12:39 Data for political art: FutureWake
14:14 The birth of Radical Data
15:21 The laziness of 'Data for Good'
16:40 What makes a good data project? From 'made for' to 'made to'
18:40 Radical Data Studio: The Gratitude Machine
21:24 Radical Data Studio: Police Unmasking
23:06 Radical Data Studio: Security Vision
23:50 Radical Data Studio: The Activist's Guide to Data
26:40 Q&A: How do we involve communities in data projects?
29:21 Q&A: What advice do you have for data scientists?
31:52 Q&A: Where can I explore Radical Data's research?
34:34 Q&A: Radical Data and the Global South
36:29 Closing remarks