Data – or facts, statistics, and information – is everywhere in the work of the funder community, from grant proposals and reports to evaluations and communications. This data has huge potential to positively impact the work of donors and grantees, as well as the broader human rights community. However, for every potential benefit there are […]
When I started at the engine room, I thought I knew what ‘responsible data’ meant. I was wrong. Despite some communally developed definitions, I don’t think any of us really know what it is, what it means to other people, where the boundaries are, how it should affect our work, or the best ways to […]
The engine room is excited to release new adaptations of the responsible development data book that we now fondly refer to as, “The Hand-Book of the Modern Development Specialist: Being a Complete Illustrated Guide to Responsible Data Usage, Manners & General Deportment.”
We had a great time facilitating a session dedicated to sharing responsible data challenges and solutions at the Internet Freedom Festival earlier this month! We hosted this session to provide an opportunity for those working on responsible data challenges and questions to share their experiences and knowledge with peers. We also wanted to learn more […]
On January 15th, 2016 we held a Responsible Data Forum event on Data Visualization. Event participants came from a wide range of backgrounds and countries. We convened some of these great people to discuss various topics related to Data Visualization. Tune in below to listen to Roxana Fabius and Ted Byfield to discuss their respective […]
Should data visualization be a subjective art or an objective science? Can we find a middle ground? The Seductive Power of Dataviz Data visualizations are a powerful tool for communicating information about human rights issues to varied audiences in a clear, accessible way. After attending the Responsible Data Forum (RDF) on Data Visualization I found […]
For years, disaster and humanitarian response technologists, field agents, and policy makers have been pushing big data as a way to be self-reflexive and open data as a way to break down the silos rife throughout the sector. While folk tend to talk a lot about ethics and responsibility in response and data, we rarely […]
As we announced last week, we’re embarking on a couple of new projects on the use of technology and data in human rights documentation. We know that there’s a lot going on out there in this space at the moment – new research projects on the use of technology by human rights defenders, human rights […]
This year, we’re excited to be kicking off two new projects looking at the options, opportunities and challenges facing human rights documentation initiatives when it comes to using data and technology.