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Mind and Society InitiativeAzim Premji University

Introduction to Our Work

How does the mind read, process and respond to depictions of information?

Mind and Society Initiative

How can quantitative and qualitative information be used to understand and discuss social realities?

Mind and Society Initiative

National Sample SurveyCensus of IndiaDistrict Information System for EducationNational Crime Records Bureau

Data Sets:

[Statistics] Stata & R[Scraping] Python[Cleaning] Google Refine & Python[Geodata] Quantum GIS[Data Vis] R, Google Chart Tools & d3[Collection] Ushahidi

Tools:

[Statistics] Stata & R[Scraping] Python[Cleaning] Google Refine & Python[Geodata] Quantum GIS[Data Vis] R, Google Chart Tools & d3[Collection] Ushahidi

Tools:

[Statistics] Stata & R[Scraping] Python[Cleaning] Google Refine & Python[Geodata] Quantum GIS[Data Vis] R, Google Chart Tools & d3[Collection] Ushahidi

Tools:

NSSO – Raw Data

NSSO – Extracted Data

DISE – Visualised Data

Azim Premji FoundationResearchers within the University

[Coming soon in a website near you] Students within the UniversityData explorers outside the university

Clients:

Azim Premji FoundationResearchers within the University

[Coming soon in a website near you]Students within the UniversityData explorers outside the university

Clients:

[Legal] Can we share NSS/CoIdata? If yes, in what form?[Process] Data cleaning – crucial, excruciating and under-appreciated[Process] Integrating analysis, visualisation, management[Reception] Data literacy – possible role of/in education

Challenges :

[Legal] Can we share NSS/CoIdata? If yes, in what form?[Process] Data cleaning – crucial, excruciating and under-appreciated[Process] Integrating analysis, visualisation, management[Reception] Data literacy – possible role of/in education

Challenges :

[Legal] Can we share NSS/CoIdata? If yes, in what form?[Process] Data cleaning – crucial, excruciating and under-appreciated[Process] Integrating analysis, visualisation, management[Reception] Data literacy – possible role of/in education

Challenges :

[Legal] Can we share NSS/CoIdata? If yes, in what form?[Process] Data cleaning – crucial, excruciating and under-appreciated[Process] Integrating analysis, visualisation, management[Reception] Data literacy – possible role of/in education

Challenges :

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

Gyan:

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

Gyan:

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

Gyan:

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

Gyan:

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

Gyan:

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

visual complexityfell in love with data

Gyan:

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

visual complexityfell in love with dataflowing data + infosthetics

Gyan:

[1] Form follows function[2] Copy and cite[3] Legalities matter[4] Cleanliness is supreme[5] Read up

visual complexityfell in love with dataflowing data + infostheticslev manovich + ben fry + mike bostock

Gyan: