Thick Data (slide deck)

Date: 2024-09-06
Author: Nathan Pieplow
Source: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YsnCgbdiCQ6gQTjfLf3bmH3jX_q_gji2/edit#slide=id.p7
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Domain: Understanding Data
Subdomain: Defining Data
Type of Resource: Slides

This slide deck introduces the concept of “thick data” (Wang 2013) using Clifford Geertz’s classic example of the difference between a wink and a blink (or squint). It references both C. Thi Nguyen’s “The Limits of Data” (2024) and Tricia Wang’s “Why Big Data Needs Thick Data” (2013) and can reinforce concepts introduced to students via those readings, or else substitute for them.

Keywords: Thick Data Ethnography Thick Description

MLA Citation: Pieplow, Nathan. ‘Thick Data’ (slide deck). Data Advocacy 4 All, University of Colorado. 6 September 2024