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I’ve been wanting to say this out loud for a while…
“ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴄʏ” just doesn’t sit right with me.
I think I'd rather identify as data curious | critical | confident than data literate. Want to know why?
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“ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴄʏ” just doesn’t sit right with me.
I think I'd rather identify as data curious | critical | confident than data literate. Want to know why?
🧵a thread 🧵 1/8
Literate can mean:
1. having knowledge or competency in a specified area.
2. being able to read or write.
So riddle me this: do you need to be literate to be literate? 2/8
1. having knowledge or competency in a specified area.
2. being able to read or write.
So riddle me this: do you need to be literate to be literate? 2/8
In the spirit of #datafeminism and challenging power, literacy is exclusive. It places reading and writing above orality. The OECD defines six levels of literacy, but ultimately it’s a binary of either being literate (have) or not (have not). 3/8
