Are we thinking well with #DataPublics? Asks @alxndrt at the start of the final day pic.twitter.com/3URa3FMa96

— Data Publics (@datapublics) April 2, 2017

I presented at the Data Publics conference last weekend, at Lancaster University. Got lots of helpful feedback to some early thoughts on publics (thinking with some of my old favourites, Despret, Haraway, Marres, Stengers, etc.).
Provoked by Vinciane Despret’s “W for Work”, in “What would animals say if we asked the right questions?”, my starting point was the question:

As Despret asks of animals and their work, my provocation was to ask not just whether “data publics” offer us something (whether they are useful), but whether we work well with them, whether they ‘make more interesting’ and give us the ‘chance’ to think differently.

What would animals say if we asked the right Qs? Can Despret’s provocation work for #DataPublics ? pic.twitter.com/LOukw901Fi

— Liz McFall (@allartmarkets) April 2, 2017

My three propositions were:

Proposition #1: “We need room”
Proposition #2: “Versions not visions”
Proposition #3: “Keep Compost”

A big thank you to Clara Crivellaro, Joe Deville, Dan Richards and Seb Weise for a fabulous event. See the Data Publics site for more or search the twitter hashtag #datapublics.

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