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Data Matter(s): Legitimacy, Coding, and Qualifications-of-Life

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Wilson, Matthew W·2011·Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
DOI 10.1068/d7910
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Data are central to geographical technologies and provide the pathways in which geographic investigations are forwarded. The mattering of data is therefore important to those engaging in participatory use of these technologies. This paper understands ‘mattering’ both in the material sense, that data are products resulting from specific practices, and in the affective sense, that data are imaginative, generative, and evocative. I examine these senses of mattering, of both presence and significance, in a discussion of a community survey project held in Seattle, USA. During this four-year project, residents in ten neighborhoods were asked to collect data about their community streets using handheld computers. Residents tracked ‘assets’ and ‘deficits’ by locating objects such as damaged sidewalks and graffiti on telephone booths. These data records were then uploaded to a central server administered by a local nonprofit organization. The nonprofit worked with community residents to help link these data about their changing neighborhoods to agencies in the municipal government. Here, I argue that the legitimacy of these data practices is constructed through processes of standardization and objectification and that these processes transduct urban space. I ask, as participatory mapping practices target governing agencies with their data products, what are the implications for the kinds of knowledge produced and for its legitimacy? In other words, how does data come to matter?

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Authors
Wilson, M. W.
Affiliations
University of Kentucky (US)
Corresponding author
Wilson, Matthew W
ORCID
Wilson, Matthew W
Venue
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2011-01-01
Volume
29
Issue
5
Pages
857-872
ISSN
  • 0263-7758 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-3433
DOI
10.1068/d7910
OpenAlex
W2154367940
Cited by
79
References
71
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FWCI
56.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Environment and Planning D Society and Space (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geographic Information Systems Studies
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
Keywords
participatory mapping, community survey, standardization, objectification, affective data, urban space, nonprofit organizations, municipal government, knowledge production

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