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Introducing a new update series!
Interested in planting seeds for data rights in your community? This is the first dispatch in a new series about experiments and explorations into data…
Feb 24
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Katya Abazajian
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The hidden power of data dominance
Tech CEOs have built tremendous wealth and power by abusing massive amounts of personal data. What would happen if we took collective action to stop…
Feb 12
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Katya Abazajian
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November 2024
Why are we so afraid of No?
How inviting and embracing refusal can lead to transformative power shifts in data-driven systems and beyond.
Nov 15, 2024
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Katya Abazajian
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August 2024
Fruit of the poisonous tree
Our modern tools of statistical analysis were developed by white men who directly exploited Black and brown bodies during colonial rule. Validating…
Aug 30, 2024
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Katya Abazajian
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June 2024
Step into the light, they said
When the rich and powerful keep privacy for themselves and build systems of surveillance for everyone else.
Jun 12, 2024
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Katya Abazajian
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May 2024
Emerging local data futures
I'm back! A revival of Civic Source and recent developments in thinking around data rights, anti-surveillance, and collective practice.
May 13, 2024
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Katya Abazajian
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July 2022
Where do the billions go?
Beginning to understand how cities purchase goods and services is the tip of the iceberg but it's the only way to get that money back into communities.
Jul 11, 2022
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Katya Abazajian
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Where do the billions go?
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May 2022
We need to talk about 311 data
Data from citizen reporting platforms like 311 has biases that could create disparities in how local governments distribute public resources. So why are…
May 16, 2022
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Katya Abazajian
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March 2022
Why "innovation" around houselessness fails so much
While communities might need better governance and data tools to coordinate social services, entrenched power dynamics make it hard for data reforms to…
Mar 14, 2022
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Katya Abazajian
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Why "innovation" around houselessness fails so much
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February 2022
How's it going?
A short update on the first few months of Civic Source and some reflections on public service.
Feb 14, 2022
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Katya Abazajian
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January 2022
A dashboard by any other name
When so many data dashboards offer few satisfying answers, we might wonder why local leaders default to building them again, and again, and again. Is it…
Jan 31, 2022
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Katya Abazajian
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Climate action in the open
Better local climate data could help governments get stronger results while giving people a chance to get involved, but most climate action plans leave…
Jan 10, 2022
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Katya Abazajian
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