Crossing Data is an online workshop that proposes a space for Latin American academics and activists studying and engaging with data to discuss legitimacy and power in knowledge production. To break with hegemonic perspectives on data, this workshop sets the spotlight on Latin America and places activist and academic knowledge on equal standing. We invite data activists, practitioners, and researchers from or working in Latin America. By hosting the workshop in Spanish (with English interpretation), we aim to create a space where Latin American voices are heard and appreciated without requiring English proficiency from speakers and participants. We invite the CHI community to cross the borders and join a different conversation. We will host panels and interactive sessions that will inspire — and challenge — current thinking around data and data practices.
The workshop will include synchronous and asynchronous activities. The synchronous session will run over one day, for up to four hours. Spanish proficiency is not a requirement for participation. Interpreters will be available to help with communication across language barriers. To express your interest, please use the form on our website to submit a brief outline of your work with data within activism and/or academia. We ask applicants to reflect on their positionality while answering the following questions: Where and how do you engage with data? What projects are you involved in? Who are your partners? Submissions will be published, with participants’ permission, as part of a collaborative directory of data activists and researchers from and about Latin America.
Submission deadline: February 21, 2022 ***The registration date has already passed, if you want to participate write to us at cruzdatos@gmail.com
Notification: March 6,2022
Workshop: April 13, 2022*
THE WORKSHOP WILL BE FULLY ONLINE
* The exact time will be defined depending on participants’ availability.If you want to participate, we ask you to please fill out the following form: here