The Data Revolution

Rob Kitchin is a Professor in Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute and Department of Geography. He was a European Research Council Advanced Investigator on the Programmable City project (2013-2018) and a principal investigator on the Building City Dashboards project (2016-2020) and for the Digital Repository of Ireland (2009-2017). He is the (co)author or (co)editor of 31 other academic books, and (co)author of over 200 articles and book chapters. He has been an editor of Dialogues in Human Geography, Progress in Human Geography and Social and Cultural Geography, and was the co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. He was the 2013 recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences.

• Part 1: Approaching DataChapter 1: Introducing DataChapter 2: Critical Data StudiesPart 2: The Transformed Data LandscapeChapter 3: Small Data and Data InfrastructuresChapter 4: Big DataChapter 5: Open and Linked DataPart 3: Knowledge Production, Epistemology and MethodologyChapter 6: Data AnalyticsChapter 7: The Epistemology of Academic ResearchChapter 8: Practicing Critical Data StudiesPart 4: The Utility and Value of DataChapter 9: BusinessChapter 10: Government and Public ServicesChapter 11: Civil SocietyPart 5: Concerns and Risks in a Data-Driven WorldChapter 12: Access, Quality and InteroperabilityChapter 13: Datafication, Dataveillance and PrivacyChapter 14: Data CapitalismChapter 15: Governance, Governmentality and CitinzenshipChapter 16: Data SecurityPart 6: Towards a Fairer Data WorldChapter 17: Data Ethics and Data GovernanceChapter 18: Data Justice and Data ActivisimChapter 19: Being Mindful of Data

The Data Revolution (2nd edition) is an impressive tour de force of scholarship and practice at the intersection of data, democracy and action. Grounding itself in the emerging field of Critical Data Studies, the updated edition surveys the past decade of work on open data, big vs. small data, data justice, data and research infrastructures, security, financial regimes, data activism and more. Together the chapters provide a compelling account of contemporary thinking about data as well as outline points of tension and contestation across domains. Because of its wide-ranging and interdisciplinary purview, this book will be and invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and newcomers.