What is Data? The great, good, and perils of data in society

We know data is all around us and used in so many ways, but have you ever really thought about what data is? When did we start to think about ‘data’? What goes into ‘curating’ data, where do we get data and how do we know good data when we see it? This course will explore these questions from a non-technical, non disciplinary perspective. Regardless of your ultimate professional goals you will be interacting with data, so join us in discovering more about data from an interrogatory lens!