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The Shape of Synthetic Data with Dietmar Offenhuber
Manage episode 496062052 series 3546664
Dietmar Offenhuber reflects on synthetic data’s break from reality, relates meaning to material use, and embraces data as a speculative and often non-digital artifact.
Dietmar and Kimberly discuss data as a representation of reality; divorcing content from meaning; data settings vs. data sets; synthetic data quality and ground truth; data as a speculative artifact; the value in noise; data materiality and accountability; rethinking data literacy; Instagram data realities; non-digital computing and going beyond statistical analysis.
Dietmar Offenhuber is a Professor and Department Chair of Art+Design at Northeastern University. Dietmar researches the material, sensory and social implications of environmental information and evidence construction.
Related Resources
- Shapes and Frictions of Synthetic Data (paper): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241249390
- Autographic Design: The Matter of Data in a Self-Inscribing World (book): https://autographic.design/
- Reservoirs of Venice (project): https://res-venice.github.io/
- Website: https://offenhuber.net/
A transcript of this episode is here.
77 episodes
Manage episode 496062052 series 3546664
Dietmar Offenhuber reflects on synthetic data’s break from reality, relates meaning to material use, and embraces data as a speculative and often non-digital artifact.
Dietmar and Kimberly discuss data as a representation of reality; divorcing content from meaning; data settings vs. data sets; synthetic data quality and ground truth; data as a speculative artifact; the value in noise; data materiality and accountability; rethinking data literacy; Instagram data realities; non-digital computing and going beyond statistical analysis.
Dietmar Offenhuber is a Professor and Department Chair of Art+Design at Northeastern University. Dietmar researches the material, sensory and social implications of environmental information and evidence construction.
Related Resources
- Shapes and Frictions of Synthetic Data (paper): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241249390
- Autographic Design: The Matter of Data in a Self-Inscribing World (book): https://autographic.design/
- Reservoirs of Venice (project): https://res-venice.github.io/
- Website: https://offenhuber.net/
A transcript of this episode is here.
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