Community Data: Creative Approaches to Empowering People with Information

by Rahul Bhargava

Active

Cambridge, MA

We need new ways to bring people together around data in community settings. Charts and graphs weren’t designed to create participation and empowerment. Community Data introduces my broader toolbox, showcasing how to use data sculptures, data murals, data theatre, and more to meet people where they are and support change-making with data. Bridging from global examples you’ve never seen, to academic research that can help, to my own projects and workshops, I offer notes on playful and effective new approaches to data storytelling. Designers, journalists, educators, community organizers, and others will find inspiration and practical guidance to help rethink how they tell data stories in community settings.