Aristea Fotopoulou
Conceptualising critical data literacies for civil society organisations: agency, care, and social responsibility
University of Brighton
article develops sociotechnical conceptualisation data literacies relation citizens data practices highlighting agentic contextual critical social aspects data skills competencies frames data literacies discursive materialin order civil society organisations make sense big small open data need multiple skills beyond technical therefore unhelpful talk single form data literacyit helpful consider literacies plural develop within material social contexts civic cultures progress tandem critical awareness power aspects data become central tenets data advocacythe primary purpose article move forward debate around conceptualise data literacy question far concept useful first placethe article draws empirical research starts premise imperative develop frameworks training schemes enable civil society actors publics generally use open data make data relevant stakeholders support engagement policy debates around datafication