Our research is certainly showing the importance of schools’ data infrastructures, and the ongoing maintenance and repair work that is … More

Data work in schools tends to rely heavily on popular software tools such as Microsoft’s stalwart ‘Excel’ spreadsheet. One might like … More

Much has been written about the general shift over to data, quantification and metrics across contemporary society. As Jerry Muller … More

Over the past ten years, education has steadily amassed a succession of high-profile data controversies – all of which highlight … More

‘Warm data’ is a concept developed by Nora Bateson in an attempt to improve the ways in which conventional forms … More

Despite the promises of the ‘data gaze‘ and ‘dataism‘ that surround the growth of digital data over the past decade … More

“Big Dick Data is a formal, academic term that we, the authors, have coined to denote big data projects that … More

Early on in his new book on automated media, Mark Andrejevic (2020) offers an interesting perspective on the promise of … More

When talking of the datafied school, we need to remain mindful of ‘the conditions of its history’ (Foucault 1963/2003, p.xxii). … More

In light of recent discussions of the rights and wrongs of domestic data-based technologies such as Amazon Ring, the following … More