Community-driven data science practices

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Hauptverfasser: Barreda II, Atilio, Eaton, Carrie Diaz, Hansen, Sam, Hibdon Jr., Joseph E., Gordon, Lee T., Greenwald, Rebekah, Paz, María José Gutiérrez, İnce, Kenan, Kelling, Claire, Lewis, Drew, Mendible, Ariana, Mercado, Jenny, Piercey, Victor, Thompson, Bianca
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author Barreda II, Atilio
Eaton, Carrie Diaz
Hansen, Sam
Hibdon Jr., Joseph E.
Gordon, Lee T.
Greenwald, Rebekah
Paz, María José Gutiérrez
İnce, Kenan
Kelling, Claire
Lewis, Drew
Mendible, Ariana
Mercado, Jenny
Piercey, Victor
Thompson, Bianca
author_facet Barreda II, Atilio
Eaton, Carrie Diaz
Hansen, Sam
Hibdon Jr., Joseph E.
Gordon, Lee T.
Greenwald, Rebekah
Paz, María José Gutiérrez
İnce, Kenan
Kelling, Claire
Lewis, Drew
Mendible, Ariana
Mercado, Jenny
Piercey, Victor
Thompson, Bianca
contents Mathematics researchers are becoming more involved with research questions at the interface of data science and social justice. This type of research needs to be grounded in the needs of the community in order to have significant impact. In this paper, we examine two examples of community-research partnerships in data science for social justice co-authored by both community members and mathematical researchers. The first, VECINA, is a place-based community-research partnership focused on environmental justice. VECINA introduces a framework for developing fruitful local collaborations. The second example, SToPA, originates in citizens' request for an analysis of their town's policing data, but focuses on how to scale this work beyond that place-based setting. SToPA's research helps us imagine how we can continue to actively collaborate with community members even when working to scale projects beyond a single community. In both of these case studies, we examine the harmonies between established principles of power, process, and perspective with our framework for research-community partnerships. We use a duoethnography approach, directly illustrating the experiences of researchers. We also offer a set of reflections on the impact of these research-community partnerships.
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spellingShingle Community-driven data science practices
Barreda II, Atilio
Eaton, Carrie Diaz
Hansen, Sam
Hibdon Jr., Joseph E.
Gordon, Lee T.
Greenwald, Rebekah
Paz, María José Gutiérrez
İnce, Kenan
Kelling, Claire
Lewis, Drew
Mendible, Ariana
Mercado, Jenny
Piercey, Victor
Thompson, Bianca
History and Overview
Mathematics researchers are becoming more involved with research questions at the interface of data science and social justice. This type of research needs to be grounded in the needs of the community in order to have significant impact. In this paper, we examine two examples of community-research partnerships in data science for social justice co-authored by both community members and mathematical researchers. The first, VECINA, is a place-based community-research partnership focused on environmental justice. VECINA introduces a framework for developing fruitful local collaborations. The second example, SToPA, originates in citizens' request for an analysis of their town's policing data, but focuses on how to scale this work beyond that place-based setting. SToPA's research helps us imagine how we can continue to actively collaborate with community members even when working to scale projects beyond a single community. In both of these case studies, we examine the harmonies between established principles of power, process, and perspective with our framework for research-community partnerships. We use a duoethnography approach, directly illustrating the experiences of researchers. We also offer a set of reflections on the impact of these research-community partnerships.
title Community-driven data science practices
topic History and Overview
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00356