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Data Murals: Using the Arts to Build Data Literacy

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Bhargava, Rahul; Kadouaki, Ricardo; Bhargava, Emily; Castro, Guilherme; D'Ignazio, Catherine
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Abstract
Current efforts to build data literacy focus on technology-centered approaches, overlooking creative non-digital opportunities. This case study is an example of how to implement a Popular Education-inspired approach to building participatory and impactful data literacy using a set of visual arts activities with students at an alternative school in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. As a result of the project data literacy among participants increased, and the project initiated a sustained interest within the school community in using data to tell stories and create social change.
Date issued
2016-10-22
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123470
Publisher
The Journal of Community Informatics
Keywords
Civic Engament, Literacy, Mural, Learning, Partnerships

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