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Introduction to Data Justice

Data Justice Pillars’ illustration by Johnny Lighthands, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. ‘Data Justice Pillars’ illustration by Johnny Lighthands, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

Chapter Outline

Chapter Summary

In this chapter we explore the emerging movement of data justice, which seeks to apply a social justice-oriented approach to examining the range of social, political, and material concerns arising within our increasingly datafied society.

This chapter is guided by the work undertaken by the Advancing Data Justice Research and Practice (ADJRP) project and its current understandings of data justice through inclusive and intercultural approaches.

Learning Objectives

In this chapter you will:

  • familiarise yourself with the concept of ‘data justice’ in the context of data and data-intensive technologies;
  • learn about the history of the data justice movement so far; and
  • explore how the second wave of data justice seeks to advance research and practice through inclusive and intercultural approaches.