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“Heightened data competence can therefore ensure data is used to improve the lives and experiences of LGBTQ people rather than only serve the interests of, what Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein described as, the three S's: science (universities), surveillance (governments), and selling (corporations).”

Data Analysis Queer Theory

Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

Source: Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

“Queer, as an identity label, differs from its use in the second strand of queer data, which examines the queering of research methods.”

Data Queer Theory

Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

Source: Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

“Visibility is a trap’... If the burden of proof is higher for LGBTQ people than the general public, and it remains unclear whether the collection of evidence actually initiates meaningful change, the utility of a data-based response to fighting injustice is called into question.”

Data Data Analysis Queer Theory

Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

Source: Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

“Hacking described his research interest ‘in classifications of people, in how they affect the people classified, and how the affects on the people in turn change the classifications.’ Hacking labeled the subjects of these studies ‘moving targets’ because researchers’ investigatory efforts change them in ways so ‘they are not quite the same kind of people as before.”

Data Data Science Data Analysis Queer Theory

Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

Source: Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

“A queer approach to data collection showcases the back-and-forth between participants and researchers.”

Data Queer Theory

Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

Source: Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

“Considering the Scottish census through these theoretical lenses, where the census is not a neutral representation of a reality but a tool to construct a governable population, raises questions as to whether the census is an exercise in knowledge construction or a tool to bolster the state’s capacity to manage its population. These two objectives are not exclusive: improved knowledge likely facilitates the design of more efficient ways to coerce, control and discipline people who live within a state's jurisdiction. However, if the construction of knowledge is no longer the primary purpose of a census, this throws into doubt then need for a census to collect accurate information that authentically represents the lives and experiences of the people about whom the data relates.”

Data Census Queer Theory

Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

Source: Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

“The cleaning of data can remove its queerness: paper surveys where respondents score out the response options ‘female’ and ‘male’ and write their own answer, interview recordings were participants flip the focus and ask questions of the researcher, census returns where LGBTQ couples identify themselves as ‘married’ even when governments do not recognize same sex marriage. These examples demonstrate how collection methods can fail to restrict how participants share data about their lives and experiences. … cleaning, which involves the removal of data that breaks established rules”

Data Lgbtq Data Science Data Analysis Queer Theory

Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action

Source: Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action