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12
Nov
Projects, Uncategorized

Digging for Data in Wigan

Posted on November 12, 2018July 7, 2020 by Julian Tait

There is a wealth of data created about the communities that we live in, and although this data is publicly available, many of us simply don’t know it exists — let alone

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Posted in Projects, Uncategorized
A closed and dilapidated sea-front cafe with 'Jug of Tea' written on it
19
Oct
Uncategorized

So you think you know your country — revealing the hidden patterns in local democracy.

Posted on October 19, 2018July 7, 2020 by Sam Milsom

Post written by Pamilla Kang. Data is an undeniable part of modern society. Perhaps surprisingly, an incredible amount of data is collected about our daily lives and the communities in

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10
May
Uncategorized

Generosity and Conviviality in the Age of Algorithmic Oppression

Posted on May 10, 2018July 7, 2020 by Julian Tait

This abridged post was written by Marc Hudson and originally appeared at marchudson.net This was a superb event. A diverse audience of somewhere between 80 and 90 attended a truly

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Projects, Uncategorized

Deprivation vs Representation — building a dataset

Posted on April 16, 2018July 7, 2020 by Julian Tait

There is a wealth of statistical data that is created about the communities in which we live, yet these statistics, how they are created and what they reveal are often

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Projects

Scraping TfGM’s Metrolink Fare Data

Posted on October 23, 2017July 7, 2020 by Julian Tait

This post was written by Jamie Whyte and appears along with other stories about data here. On thursday, we were contacted by our pals over at ODI Leeds, who have

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Map of Greater Manchester made up of different coloured hexagons
10
Oct
Projects, Uncategorized

Making a Hex Bin Layer for Greater Manchester

Posted on October 10, 2017July 7, 2020 by Julian Tait

(Or your area of choice, because, y’know, I’ve done it for Greater Manchester) This post was written by Jamie Whyte and appears on his Medium channel with other data stories

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Graph showing grants awarded by various funders
07
Apr
Projects

Exploring Grant Awards in the UK

Posted on April 7, 2017July 7, 2020 by Julian Tait

By Robin Gower. GrantNav brings together information about grants awarded by a variety of funders in the UK. Because the data is published with a common standard, it’s easy to

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Projects

Open Data Cooperation — Building a data cooperative

Posted on April 7, 2015April 12, 2021 by Julian Tait

Last year Open Data Manchester held two workshops one in Berlin and the other in Manchester to explore whether cooperative structures could enable the creation of open data and personal

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Posted in Projects  |  Tagged data cooperative, Data Cooperatives, data custodianship, data trust, democracy
People voting in a pop-up polling booth
01
Apr
Open Data Manchester, Projects

Democracy projects – Open Election Special

Posted on April 1, 2015June 25, 2020 by Julian Tait

It was appropriate that March’s Open Data Manchester meeting should focus on projects related to the forthcoming elections. Not only because the country goes to the polls next month but

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Two shopping bags full of fruit
07
Jul
Uncategorized

Growing data

Posted on July 7, 2013July 7, 2020 by Julian Tait

**The following guest post is by Farida Vis from the Everyday Growing Cultures research project. The project looks at the potentially transformative effect of bringing together the food growing and

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