Principal Academic in Digital Storytelling Anna Feigenbaum was PI of the Datalabs project and now coordinates the Civic Media research cluster. Her research focuses on communication and social justice. Anna runs data storytelling workshops and provides consultancy to NGOs and cultural organisations. Senior Lecturer in Geoinformatics Duncan is a researcher in geoinformatics at Bournemouth University…

Everyday tear gas is used around the world, from Brazil to Bahrain, from Thailand to the Occupied Territories of Palestine. Yet, while journalists file news stories of tear gas deployments, there is no national or international data recorded on its use or its effects. While researchers and campaign groups work hard to raise awareness of the…

In efforts to address the growing need for reflective and practical pedagogy in working with data, in January of 2015 our interdisciplinary team of faculty, students and support staff at Bournemouth University launched the BU Datalabs project. We worked in collaboration with NGOs, journalists and digital designers to develop hands-on, data aggregation, visualisation and digital…

In April and May, the #RiotID team travelled to Sheffield for a workshop at the Bank Street Arts gallery as part of the Crick Centre’s ESRC project Exploring Civil Society Strategies for Democratic Renewal. Then it was off to Keele for Media Environments where the team led a workshop in how to use visual design…

In this presentation we argue that Graphic Social Science can make an important contribution to data storytelling. The emergence of Graphic Medicine, and now Graphic Social Sciences, seeks to make connections with audiences, in part, through their focus on emotion, empathy, point of view, and ability to capture multiple perspectives. As such, graphic narratives are…

Data Storytelling Resource List This is our list of recommended tools to help you collect, extract, clean, manage and visualize data. There are many more free tools and platforms available online; these are just a few of our favourites here at Bournemouth University’s Datalabs. This set of tools and platforms enables you to collect data…

Polis is a multidisciplinary project that explores ways of facilitating community engagement and urban coexistence. Using qualitative methods such as visual ethnography and interviewing, along with an extensive literature review, we are developing a conceptual model for the evaluation of civic interaction in public spaces, along with the production of prototypes, interventions and campaigns. Using…

Aftershock Nepal Aftershock Nepal is about the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake, an attempt to chronicle a troubling period in a nation’s history. Our aim is to capture the voices of ordinary people, voices that would otherwise be unheard — and through such everyday stories, by connecting communities, we hope to play a small…

The Bournemouth University Civic Media research cluster is hosting a series of ‘Innovation Lunches’ with invited guests from institutions across the UK. Bringing together BU faculty, PGR and UG students from different faculties and areas of expertise, the innovation lunches offer time to discuss new methodological practices and share interdisciplinary approaches to questions around data, digital media and society.…