Just a reminder. Workshop is taking place next Monday (2-4pm) at Center of Internet and Society, more infos under:
http://blog.klp.org.in/2013/10/workshop-on-visualising-open-data-to.html We will be happy to meet you there and exchange about open data in Bangalore/India. There is no participation fee. Alex Corbi & Margo Thierry Am Sonntag, 3. November 2013 16:01:58 UTC+5:30 schrieb Alejandro Corbi: > > Dear fellows, > > > *Open Steps* keeps touring India and is pleased to invite you to *its > workshop in Bangalore on the 18th November (2-4pm)*. > > > Open Steps <http://www.open-steps.org/> is an initiative from two young > berliners Alex (spanish, software developer) and Margo (french, european > politics) who decided to leave their daily lives and travel around the > world for one year. On this journey, they are meeting people and > organisations working actively in open knowledge related projects, > documenting them on their website. Also, open data is the area where their > both backgrounds converge and that's why they run a workshop entitled > > > “Visualising Open Data to bring out global > issues”<http://www.open-steps.org/workshop/> > > > on the way and research about the current situation of open data in the > countries they are visiting. > > > This event is organised with the support of Karnakata Learning > Partnership<http://www.klp.org.in/>and takes place > at* The Centre for Internet and Society, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur > 2nd Stage Bangalore 560 071. *Map and more Infos about the venue under: > http://cis-india.org/about/contact . > > > For more information, visit www.open-steps.org/workshop. > > > We hope to see you among the audience on the18th November and are > looking forward to discussing with you about open cultures & open data in > India! > > > Best regards, > > > Margo Thierry & Alex Corbi > > > ------------- > > > WORKSHOP DETAILS: > > "Visualizing open data to bring out global issues" > > Thanks to the large amounts of open data being released for free on the > Internet, we can take a quick glimpse at current issues characterizing our > world. Although, this complex data is sometimes difficult to be understood > in its initial form. > > By going from theory to practice, we will show where data can be quickly > gathered from, and by using open source technologies, put it in a visual > context to make relevant issues easy to understand. In addition, attendees > will be encouraged to discuss topics involving each of us. > > The goal of this workshop is also to increase awareness of the importance > and benefits of making information available for everybody and how sharing > knowledge is one of the steps towards making our planet better. > > > Table of contents: > > 1. Introduction to Open Knowledge and Open Data > > 1.1 What are open knowledge and open data? Why do they matter? > 1.2 Examples of administrations and organisations releasing information to > the public domain. > 1.3 Transparency in politics as a way to achieve real democracy. > > 2. There is so much data out there, and its free! > > 2.1 Online sources where you can get open data. > 2.2 World Bank as major data hub. > > 3. Why visualization matters > > 3.1 Understanding complex problems by looking at simple graphs. > 3.2 Examples of data visualizations we have developed describing worldwide > issues in the fields of Politics, Environment, Education and Social > development. > > 4. Practical session > > 4.1 How to build a data visualization in 5 minutes using free online tools. > 4.2. Technical questions related to the tools used. > > 5. Open debate > > 5.1 Which data would I like to visualize? Attendees have the opportunity > to propose topics and relevant data they would consider interesting to > explore. Everyone will be also encouraged to publish their own data > visualizations on our platform. > > Target groups: > > - individuals or collectives. > - interested in open source technologies and the philosophy behind open > knowledge. > - searching for data sources for research. > - working with visualizations. > - developing a conscious approach to global topics. > - having general interest in the topic. > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
