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Small Data is Beautiful

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dc.contributor.authorFensham, Rachelen
dc.contributor.authorSumner, Tyne Daileen
dc.contributor.authorRavn, Signeen
dc.contributor.authorBarnwell, Ashleyen
dc.contributor.authorButt, Dannyen
dc.coverage.spatialMelbourneen
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-31T13:41:10Z
dc.date.available2026-01-31T13:41:10Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-12en
dc.description.abstractSmall Data is Beautiful investigates the conceptual, artistic, and computational qualities of small data. This original collection presents a challenge to discussions centred on big data – algorithms, surveillance and the datafication of human lives – by exploring the seditious and revelatory potential of radically rethinking data in creative research and practice. Taking inspiration from the ‘small is beautiful’ mantra of the 1970s, a counter-cultural pursuit of planetary survival, the book interrogates the scale of the digital age through narratives, intimacies, representations, and ecologies. It offers a rich interdisciplinary dialogue from perspectives including cultural history, sociology, visual art, performance studies, archaeology, musicology, literary studies, and data science.en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.format.extent334en
dc.identifier.isbn9780645481327en
dc.identifier.otherORCID:/0000-0003-1717-7147/work/203985933en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733805134
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherGrattan Street Pressen
dc.titleSmall Data is Beautifulen
dc.typeBooken
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.contributor.affiliationFensham, Rachel; University of Melbourneen
local.contributor.affiliationSumner, Tyne Daile; ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, The Australian National Universityen
local.contributor.affiliationRavn, Signe; University of Melbourneen
local.contributor.affiliationBarnwell, Ashley; University of Melbourneen
local.contributor.affiliationButt, Danny; The University of Melbourneen
local.identifier.pure24f42b83-e195-441a-aa48-a5a8c4741d14en
local.type.statusPublisheden

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