May 26, 2017
From April 24th through 26th, 25 professionals from several government and non-profit organizations in Myanmar convened to participate in an Advanced Tableau training and discuss how data can best be collected, analyzed, and used for decision making. As part of TASCHA’s Data for Democracy (D4D) project, the event was made possible thanks to financial support…
May 17, 2017
The theme for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2017 is “Big Data for Big Impact,” with an emphasis on the role advanced analysis can play in development goals. At TASCHA, our work explores this crucial space where decisions resulting in major social change and technology intersect. For example, a TASCHA research team is working to…
TASCHA’s Chris Rothschild will be presenting Thursday, May 18th at the Global Election Technology Summit. Along with James Long and Nic Weber, University of Washington faculty members collaborating on the Data for Democracy project, the presentation, “‘Push, Pull, Spill’: Election Data and Citizen Engagement in a Global Context,” will focus on the election processes and data in…
May 15, 2017
As a research group that investigates social change, grasping the multifaceted, evolving definition of “civic engagement” is vital to more deeply understand the inner workings of communities. Civic engagement, which at its most basic level has been defined in recent literature as “the ways in which citizens participate in the life of a community in…
April 28, 2017
The Girls in ICT initiative from ITU is celebrating it’s 6th annual Girls in ICT Day. The initiative is working towards creating “a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of ICTs, enabling both girls and technology companies to reap the benefits of greater female…
April 26, 2017
TASCHA’s Maria Garrido, Susan Hildreth, and Daniel Kapellmann will be speaking at iAffliates tomorrow presenting “Public Libraries: Thriving Social Spaces for Civic Engagement.” The presentation is inspired by recent work from the TASCHA team on civic engagement and libraries around the world. When: Thursday, April 26th, 11:00-11:30am, UW iAffliates Day 2017 Where: The Intellectual House, UW…
We hope that you will join us for a brown bag lunch event with Dr. Buhle Mbambo-Thata of AfLIA (African Library and Information Association and Institutions) from South Africa, where she will discuss AfLIA and how the library field in Africa is evolving with ICTs and other initiatives. She will also discuss libraries in general…
April 21, 2017
Start Date: 2017-05-01 End Date: 2017-06-15 Deadline to Apply: Apr 28, 2017 Position Description The Data for Democracy project and TASCHA are hiring a graduate research assistant to help develop and publish a data literacy curriculum. This position will entail working on curriculum development and informal learning instruction for novice individual and organization users of…
April 11, 2017
The theme for 2017 National Library Week is “Libraries Transform.” For any who has entered a library before, it is not hard to imagine how free access to both public space and information tools can make small, or sometimes large, impacts on lives. They are valued social spaces where people search the internet, prepare a resume,…
April 7, 2017
Global health is one example of the many ways data and information can benefit efforts towards a more sustainable world. The World Health Organization, the organizers of World Health Day, utilize data in a variety of innovative ways through their eHealth unit; an initiative that channels the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for…
