Artifact
dfbff4df6dcad43d6c522544ebc89f65a46fc88dde423293cbe0ff730a5ed044:
0000: 23 20 41 73 73 69 67 6e 6d 65 6e 74 20 31 3a 20 # Assignment 1:
0010: 44 61 74 61 20 57 61 6c 6b 0a 0a 44 75 65 20 64 Data Walk..Due d
0020: 61 74 65 0a 3a 20 41 70 72 69 6c 20 32 35 2c 20 ate.: April 25,
0030: 31 35 3a 30 30 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 67 6f 61 6c 20 15:00..The goal
0040: 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 73 73 69 67 6e 6d 65 of this assignme
0050: 6e 74 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6e 73 69 74 69 nt is to sensiti
0060: 7a 65 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 ze you to the wa
0070: 79 73 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 64 61 74 61 ys in which data
0080: 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 is continually
0090: 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6e 74 produced in cont
00a0: 65 6d 70 6f 72 61 72 79 20 73 6f 63 69 61 6c 20 emporary social
00b0: 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 2e 20 49 6e 20 61 6e 6f settings. In ano
00c0: 74 68 65 72 20 63 6f 6e 74 65 78 74 20 77 65 20 ther context we
00d0: 6d 69 67 68 74 20 74 61 6c 6b 20 61 62 6f 75 74 might talk about
00e0: 20 74 68 65 20 2a 6f 70 70 6f 72 74 75 6e 69 74 the *opportunit
00f0: 69 65 73 2a 20 74 68 69 73 20 68 6f 6c 64 73 20 ies* this holds
0100: 66 6f 72 20 73 6f 63 69 61 6c 20 72 65 73 65 61 for social resea
0110: 72 63 68 65 72 73 2c 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 rchers, many of
0120: 77 68 6f 6d 20 68 61 76 65 20 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d whom have welcom
0130: 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 22 64 61 74 61 20 64 65 6c ed the "data del
0140: 75 67 65 22 20 61 73 20 61 6e 20 6f 70 70 6f 72 uge" as an oppor
0150: 74 75 6e 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 69 6e 76 65 6e 74 tunity to invent
0160: 20 6e 65 77 20 77 61 79 73 20 6f 66 20 6b 6e 6f new ways of kno
0170: 77 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f 63 69 61 6c 2e wing the social.
0180: 20 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 65 78 74 20 In the context
0190: 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 6c 61 73 73 2c 20 68 of this class, h
01a0: 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 77 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 owever, we will
01b0: 6d 6f 73 74 6c 79 20 64 69 73 63 75 73 73 20 69 mostly discuss i
01c0: 74 73 20 65 74 68 69 63 61 6c 20 69 6d 70 6c 69 ts ethical impli
01d0: 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2d 2d 2d 74 68 65 20 77 61 cations---the wa
01e0: 79 73 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 ys in which the
01f0: 72 65 73 65 61 72 63 68 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 research process
0200: 20 69 73 20 73 68 6f 74 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 is shot through
0210: 20 77 69 74 68 20 65 74 68 69 63 61 6c 20 63 6f with ethical co
0220: 6e 63 65 72 6e 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 69 74 20 74 ncerns when it t
0230: 61 6b 65 73 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 69 6e 20 64 61 akes place in da
0240: 74 61 2d 73 61 74 75 72 61 74 65 64 20 65 6e 76 ta-saturated env
0250: 69 72 6f 6e 6d 65 6e 74 73 2e 0a 0a 43 61 6e 61 ironments...Cana
0260: 64 69 61 6e 20 6d 65 64 69 61 20 73 63 68 6f 6c dian media schol
0270: 61 72 20 5b 41 6c 69 73 6f 6e 20 50 6f 77 65 6c ar [Alison Powel
0280: 6c 5d 28 68 74 74 70 73 3a 2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 61 l](https://www.a
0290: 6c 69 73 6f 6e 70 6f 77 65 6c 6c 2e 63 61 2f 3f lisonpowell.ca/?
02a0: 70 61 67 65 5f 69 64 3d 37 31 29 20 63 61 6d 65 page_id=71) came
02b0: 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 69 64 65 up with the ide
02c0: 61 20 66 6f 72 20 2a 2a 64 61 74 61 20 77 61 6c a for **data wal
02d0: 6b 73 68 6f 70 73 2a 2a 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 kshops** with th
02e0: 65 20 65 78 70 72 65 73 73 20 70 75 72 70 6f 73 e express purpos
02f0: 65 20 6f 66 20 22 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 75 70 e of "opening up
0300: 20 63 69 76 69 63 20 64 69 73 63 75 73 73 69 6f civic discussio
0310: 6e 73 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 64 61 74 61 20 61 6e ns about data an
0320: 64 20 69 74 73 20 65 74 68 69 63 73 20 77 69 74 d its ethics wit
0330: 68 69 6e 20 75 72 62 61 6e 20 73 70 61 63 65 2e hin urban space.
0340: 22 20 41 20 76 61 72 69 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e " A variation on
0350: 20 74 68 65 20 65 74 68 6e 6f 67 72 61 70 68 69 the ethnographi
0360: 63 20 67 6f 2d 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 6d 65 74 68 6f c go-along metho
0370: 64 2c 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 61 d, it has been a
0380: 64 6f 70 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 73 63 68 6f 6c 61 dopted by schola
0390: 72 73 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f rs around the wo
03a0: 72 6c 64 2c 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 69 6e 67 20 74 rld, including t
03b0: 68 65 20 5b 43 65 6e 74 72 65 20 66 6f 72 20 42 he [Centre for B
03c0: 4f 4c 44 20 43 69 74 69 65 73 5d 28 68 74 74 70 OLD Cities](http
03d0: 73 3a 2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 63 65 6e 74 72 65 2d 66 s://www.centre-f
03e0: 6f 72 2d 62 6f 6c 64 2d 63 69 74 69 65 73 2e 6e or-bold-cities.n
03f0: 6c 2f 70 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 73 2f 64 61 74 61 2d l/projects/data-
0400: 77 61 6c 6b 73 29 20 69 6e 20 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 walks) in our ow
0410: 6e 20 72 65 67 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 49 6e 20 74 68 n region...In th
0420: 69 73 20 61 73 73 69 67 6e 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 79 is assignment, y
0430: 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 6c 61 6e 2c 20 63 61 ou will plan, ca
0440: 72 72 79 20 6f 75 74 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 70 6f rry out and repo
0450: 72 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 64 61 74 61 20 77 61 6c rt on a data wal
0460: 6b 2e 20 45 61 63 68 20 73 74 75 64 65 6e 74 20 k. Each student
0470: 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 75 62 6d 69 74 20 2a 2a 61 20 will submit **a
0480: 62 72 69 65 66 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 2a 2a 20 28 brief report** (
0490: 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 36 30 30 20 77 6f 72 64 73 around 600 words
04a0: 29 20 77 69 74 68 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 69 6e ) with supportin
04b0: 67 20 6d 61 74 65 72 69 61 6c 73 20 73 75 63 68 g materials such
04c0: 20 61 73 20 6d 61 70 73 2c 20 70 68 6f 74 6f 67 as maps, photog
04d0: 72 61 70 68 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 65 73 20 raphs and notes
04e0: 74 61 6b 65 6e 20 65 6e 20 72 6f 75 74 65 2e 0a taken en route..
04f0: 0a 44 75 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 6c 6b .During the walk
0500: 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 6f 63 75 73 , you will focus
0510: 20 6f 6e 20 5f 64 61 74 61 20 68 75 62 73 5f 3a on _data hubs_:
0520: 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 73 20 6f 72 20 73 69 74 65 objects or site
0530: 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 20 64 s that collect d
0540: 61 74 61 2e 20 45 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 20 69 6e ata. Examples in
0550: 63 6c 75 64 65 20 63 75 73 74 6f 6d 65 72 20 6c clude customer l
0560: 6f 79 61 6c 74 79 20 63 61 72 64 73 2c 20 41 54 oyalty cards, AT
0570: 4d 73 2c 20 74 72 61 66 66 69 63 20 63 61 6d 65 Ms, traffic came
0580: 72 61 73 2c 20 52 49 46 44 20 74 72 61 63 6b 69 ras, RIFD tracki
0590: 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 73 2c 20 4f 56 20 63 ng systems, OV c
05a0: 68 69 70 20 63 61 72 64 20 73 63 61 6e 6e 65 72 hip card scanner
05b0: 73 2c 20 51 52 20 63 6f 64 65 73 2c 20 70 61 72 s, QR codes, par
05c0: 6b 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 74 65 72 73 2c 20 61 69 72 king meters, air
05d0: 20 71 75 61 6c 69 74 79 20 6d 65 74 65 72 73 2c quality meters,
05e0: 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 73 74 20 63 6f but the list co
05f0: 75 6c 64 20 67 6f 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 6e uld go on and on
0600: 2e 0a 0a 41 20 64 61 74 61 20 77 61 6c 6b 20 73 ...A data walk s
0610: 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 69 6e 76 6f 6c 76 65 20 61 20 hould involve a
0620: 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 67 72 6f 75 70 2c 20 77 69 74 small group, wit
0630: 68 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 20 74 61 6b 69 6e 67 h members taking
0640: 20 6f 6e 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 72 6f on different ro
0650: 6c 65 73 2c 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 6e 61 76 les, such as nav
0660: 69 67 61 74 6f 72 2c 20 6e 6f 74 65 2d 74 61 6b igator, note-tak
0670: 65 72 20 6f 72 20 70 68 6f 74 6f 67 72 61 70 68 er or photograph
0680: 65 72 2e 20 46 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 70 75 72 70 er. For the purp
0690: 6f 73 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 73 73 oses of this ass
06a0: 69 67 6e 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f ignment, you sho
06b0: 75 6c 64 20 69 6e 76 6f 6c 76 65 20 61 74 20 6c uld involve at l
06c0: 65 61 73 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 east one other p
06d0: 65 72 73 6f 6e 2c 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 61 erson, such as a
06e0: 20 72 6f 6f 6d 6d 61 74 65 20 6f 72 20 66 61 6d roommate or fam
06f0: 69 6c 79 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 2e 20 50 6c 61 6e ily member. Plan
0700: 20 79 6f 75 72 20 77 61 6c 6b 20 73 6f 6d 65 70 your walk somep
0710: 6c 61 63 65 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 6e 69 65 6e 74 2c lace convenient,
0720: 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 63 65 20 69 6e for instance in
0730: 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 6e 65 69 67 68 62 your own neighb
0740: 6f 72 68 6f 6f 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 73 74 orhood, and rest
0750: 72 69 63 74 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 61 62 6f 75 74 rict it to about
0760: 20 6f 6e 65 20 68 6f 75 72 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 6d one hour. You m
0770: 61 79 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 72 69 64 65 20 62 79 20 ay also ride by
0780: 62 69 6b 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 65 20 61 64 76 bike, but we adv
0790: 69 73 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 64 72 69 76 65 ise not to drive
07a0: 20 75 6e 6c 65 73 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6f 72 20 79 unless you or y
07b0: 6f 75 72 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 69 70 61 6e 74 20 our participant
07c0: 69 73 20 75 6e 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 is unable to be
07d0: 6d 6f 62 69 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 mobile in other
07e0: 77 61 79 73 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 72 20 72 65 70 6f ways...Your repo
07f0: 72 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 rt should addres
0800: 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 6c 61 6e 6e 69 6e 67 2c 20 s the planning,
0810: 65 78 65 63 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f execution and yo
0820: 75 72 20 72 65 66 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e ur reflection on
0830: 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 20 77 61 6c 6b 2e 20 the data walk.
0840: 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 74 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 You may take the
0850: 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 following point
0860: 73 20 61 73 20 61 20 67 75 69 64 65 20 61 73 20 s as a guide as
0870: 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 74 68 65 you complete the
0880: 20 61 73 73 69 67 6e 6d 65 6e 74 3a 0a 0a 31 2e assignment:..1.
0890: 20 2a 2a 50 6c 61 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 77 61 6c **Plan your wal
08a0: 6b 69 6e 67 20 72 6f 75 74 65 20 61 68 65 61 64 king route ahead
08b0: 20 6f 66 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 2a 2a 20 4d 61 6b 65 of time.** Make
08c0: 20 61 20 6d 61 70 20 6f 72 20 6c 69 73 74 20 73 a map or list s
08d0: 6f 6d 65 20 6c 61 6e 64 6d 61 72 6b 73 20 79 6f ome landmarks yo
08e0: 75 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 70 61 73 73 u intend to pass
08f0: 20 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 77 61 6c 6b 2e 0a 32 on your walk..2
0900: 2e 20 2a 2a 57 68 61 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 79 6f . **What will yo
0910: 75 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 66 6f 72 3f 2a 2a 20 57 68 u look for?** Wh
0920: 69 63 68 20 64 61 74 61 20 68 75 62 73 20 64 6f ich data hubs do
0930: 20 79 6f 75 20 65 78 70 65 63 74 20 74 6f 20 65 you expect to e
0940: 6e 63 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 ncounter along t
0950: 68 65 20 77 61 79 3f 0a 33 2e 20 2a 2a 43 6f 6c he way?.3. **Col
0960: 6c 65 63 74 20 65 76 69 64 65 6e 63 65 2e 2a 2a lect evidence.**
0970: 20 54 61 6b 65 20 70 69 63 74 75 72 65 73 20 6f Take pictures o
0980: 72 20 62 72 69 6e 67 20 62 61 63 6b 20 6f 62 6a r bring back obj
0990: 65 63 74 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 79 6f 75 72 20 77 ects from your w
09a0: 61 6c 6b 2e 0a 34 2e 20 2a 2a 54 65 6c 6c 20 61 alk..4. **Tell a
09b0: 20 73 74 6f 72 79 2e 2a 2a 20 57 68 79 20 64 69 story.** Why di
09c0: 64 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6c 6b 20 77 68 65 72 65 d you walk where
09d0: 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6c 6b 65 64 3f 20 57 68 61 you walked? Wha
09e0: 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 6e 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 t was an importa
09f0: 6e 74 20 74 68 72 65 61 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 nt thread that y
0a00: 6f 75 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 66 6f ou decided to fo
0a10: 6c 6c 6f 77 3f 20 57 68 61 74 20 64 69 64 20 79 llow? What did y
0a20: 6f 75 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 79 ou learn about y
0a30: 6f 75 72 20 65 6e 76 69 72 6f 6e 6d 65 6e 74 3f our environment?
0a40: 20 44 69 64 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 Did the other p
0a50: 61 72 74 69 63 69 70 61 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 79 6f articipant in yo
0a60: 75 72 20 77 61 6c 6b 73 68 6f 70 20 73 65 65 20 ur walkshop see
0a70: 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 things different
0a80: 6c 79 3f 0a 35 2e 20 2a 2a 44 69 73 63 75 73 73 ly?.5. **Discuss
0a90: 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 73 2e 2a 2a 20 the results.**
0aa0: 48 6f 77 20 76 69 73 69 62 6c 65 20 61 72 65 20 How visible are
0ab0: 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 20 68 75 62 73 20 79 6f the data hubs yo
0ac0: 75 20 73 70 6f 74 74 65 64 3f 20 57 68 61 74 20 u spotted? What
0ad0: 6b 69 6e 64 73 20 6f 66 20 64 61 74 61 20 64 6f kinds of data do
0ae0: 20 74 68 65 79 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 3f 20 57 they collect? W
0af0: 68 6f 20 6f 77 6e 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 ho owns the data
0b00: 3f 20 57 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 79 ? Where are they
0b10: 20 73 74 6f 72 65 64 3f 20 57 68 61 74 20 76 61 stored? What va
0b20: 6c 75 65 20 6d 69 67 68 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 62 lue might they b
0b30: 72 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 6f 72 20 6f ring to you or o
0b40: 74 68 65 72 73 3f 20 57 68 61 74 20 64 6f 20 79 thers? What do y
0b50: 6f 75 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 ou think are the
0b60: 20 22 63 6f 73 74 73 22 20 6f 66 20 64 61 74 61 "costs" of data
0b70: 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2d 2d 2d 69 6e collection---in
0b80: 20 74 65 72 6d 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 terms of the te
0b90: 63 68 6e 6f 6c 6f 67 79 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 chnology require
0ba0: 64 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 73 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 d for its collec
0bb0: 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 tion, the likely
0bc0: 20 65 6e 76 69 72 6f 6e 6d 65 6e 74 61 6c 20 69 environmental i
0bd0: 6d 70 61 63 74 2c 20 65 6e 63 72 6f 61 63 68 6d mpact, encroachm
0be0: 65 6e 74 73 20 6f 6e 20 70 72 69 76 61 63 79 2c ents on privacy,
0bf0: 20 6f 72 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 22 63 68 or possible "ch
0c00: 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 73 22 3f illing effects"?
0c10: 0a 0a 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 79 ..Please write y
0c20: 6f 75 72 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 20 69 6e 20 63 6c our report in cl
0c30: 65 61 72 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 68 65 72 65 6e 74 ear and coherent
0c40: 20 70 72 6f 73 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d prose. The form
0c50: 61 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 72 65 73 65 6d 62 at should resemb
0c60: 6c 65 20 61 20 66 69 65 6c 64 6e 6f 74 65 20 6d le a fieldnote m
0c70: 65 6d 6f 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 emo rather than
0c80: 61 6e 20 61 63 61 64 65 6d 69 63 20 70 61 70 65 an academic pape
0c90: 72 2e 20 55 73 65 20 70 72 6f 70 65 72 20 72 65 r. Use proper re
0ca0: 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 73 20 61 73 20 6e 65 65 64 ferences as need
0cb0: 65 64 2e 0a ed..