Tools & Resources
jfc Medienzentrum. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (2018): Big Data Parcours. “Big Data Analytics”- What is possible with the analysis of very large amounts of data? Five topics lead into a playful and political examination of the opportunities and risks of these new technological possibilities. With infographics, videos and learning games, Read more…
Tactical Tech, Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, Germany “Me and My Shadow is a project that helps you explore and minimise your ‘digital shadows’: the information traces you leave behind when you use the internet and mobile phones. This multimedia website provides informational texts in different detail and complexity, short videos, Read more…
“Everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you.” This website has been extended recently and now includes text-based information on aspects of data collection and misinformation online and several to-do lists with easy steps to protect one’s data Read more…
Helen Kennedy, Andy Kirk, Rosemary Lucy Hill, Will Allen (2022): Seeing Data. Making Sense of Data Visualisations. A resource which aims to help people make sense of data visualisations. It’s for the general public – people who are interested in visualisations, but are not experts in this subject. Eine Lern-Ressource, Read more…
DataBasic.io is the brainchild of Catherine D’Ignazio and Rahul Bhargava “A self-service learning program of 6 topics, each containing several activities, to facilitate fun, creative introductions to working with data for the non-technical folks in your organization. These are not boring spreadsheet trainings. The free tools and activites are hands-on Read more…
Arte Do Not Track, a personalized web series about privacy and the web economy. Directed by Brett Gaylor, coproduced by Upian, Arte, ONF & BR. interactive web-series introduction personal data online. seven episodes, the viewer learns about issues such as data collection, data protection laws, online tracking and big data Read more…
Cracked Labs, Institute for Critical Digital Culture, Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 12/6, 1070 Wien | Austria (2013) “Data Dealer is an online game about collecting and selling personal data – full of irony and gleeful sarcasm. It´s a browser/serious/edu/impact game about digital culture and surveillance and aims to raise awareness about online privacy Read more…