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Instructor: IAN LOWRIE
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Description
Approx 1 hr 43 min. This video presents the lecture portion of a half-day tutorial. Case studies and a bibliography are provided for your use.
Instructor Ian Lowrie describes the organizational and technological aspects of modern data pipelines, framing data science ethnographically as a knowledge practice and data scientists as a particular kind of expert. He also explores methodological approaches to studying data work in real-world contexts. Participants learned to:
Think ethnographically about data work as a knowledge practice
Develop methodological strategies for studying data work
Chart the organizational and technological components of data infrastructure
Interpret...