Notes

Data is everywhere. From our physical environment to surveillance mechanisms by Facebook and Google, we interact with data increasingly on a daily basis often without knowing it. Large entities such as corporations, governments and high-end investors leverage it for profit and control. The reality is, data also has physical consequences in the real world, and representing it with materials instead of pixels can create a meaningful real-life experience for ourselves and others.

Course Description
This course will introduce people to data in all forms, ranging from urban infrastructure to Open Data portals to your online footprint to scientific observations. Students will engage with data first as concept, which will include distinguishing raw data from information, identifying endemic bias and imparting wisdom from data. We will begin with the fundamentals of 2D data-visualization and how the human brain processes shapes and colors in relationship to various categorizations of data.