While the rise of big and open data diversifies the kinds of stories we can tell with numbers, sensitive subjects often have no straightforward data sources, documents are scattered across organizations, or kept hidden. At the same time, giving visual narrative to numbers comes with risks and ethical issues that researchers must address. Linked to these challenges, throughout the data storytelling process, distortion comes into play. Drawing from her experience writing Tear Gas (Verso 2017) and founding the Civic Media Hub’s Datalabs project, Dr. Anna Feigenbaum highlights obstacles and opportunities that come with practices of data storytelling for social justice.

Dr. Feigenbaum is a senior lecturer in digital storytelling at Bournemouth University.

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