Dear Speckers,

Welcome to our first event of the year and our 60th in total! This time, together with our speakers, we will be talking about data visualization, design, data narratives, journalism, and much much more... Welcome to "Stories in Pixels"! 

Access to the venue will be granted solely to people possessing a regular ticket that will be scanned at the entrance of the Impact Hub Trentino. If you can't physically attend, you can follow the live stream here.

Please find below our amazing speakers:

1. ALICE CORONA
Data Activism: data as rhetoric, data as power

ABSTRACT: Contrary to popular beliefs that depict data as truthful or objective, a data activist navigates the data-sphere from an opposite worldview: data is never neutral, and data visualization is inevitably rhetorical. But don’t worry: this is a feature, not a bug. This talk will focus on the many ways in which data can be used for activism, with a particular focus on data-inspired housing rights initiatives like Inside Airbnb and OCIO Venezia, and the works by the information design studio Sheldon.studio.

BIO: Alice Corona is a partner and data journalist at Sheldon.studio, Board Member at Inside Airbnb, and Data activist at OCIO Venezia.

2. ALESSANDRO ZOTTA
Data Sense-making: navigating the world through the lens of information design

ABSTRACT: Every day, we're inundated with a staggering amount of information that continues to grow exponentially. How can we process all these inputs and grasp even a fraction of the available knowledge? In my talk, I'll offer a personal reflection on information design and its tools for accessing the world's complexity without necessarily simplifying it. And, why not, I'll also share how I planned a data-driven visit to my favorite theme park.

BIO: Alessandro Zotta is an Information Designer who is the Head of Data Visualization at Accurat and teaches Data-Driven Design at NABA.

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