The UK Data Service recently facilitated
#DataImpact2021, which explored how researchers and policymakers from UK academia, public, voluntary and community sectors, gain insights into discourses of representation in data focused on populations, communities and individuals.
Data collection methodologies constantly develop and they are increasingly becoming perceived as significant research assets in their own right. The methodologies are critical elements of the social construction of statistics, and they reflect, sometimes imperfectly,
the lived experience of data subjects.
One of the aims of this event was to offer a pathway towards a continued collective focus on evolving the representation of lived experiences in data.
The event raised many interesting questions. Dr Dharmi Kapadia of the
Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) at the University of Manchester, who spoke on Represented yet excluded: How ethnic minority people are counted in national surveys, responded to some of the questions posed by participants in the event:
The UK Data Service is also delighted to have supported Dharmi and her colleagues in the creation of a
video which explores findings that support
understanding of ethnic inequalities in later life.
Revisit #DataImpact2021 and continue the conversation.
Catch-up with what happened at the event by
rewatching #DataImpact2021 on YouTube. You can also read our
report on the event and explore
our list of resources, which participants shared on the day.
See how people responded to the event on Twitter. Continue the conversation by joining our Jiscmail group.