Citizens Data Agency Exhibition and Opening Event

Join us to explore the Citizens Data Agency, a fictional service provider proposing five speculative data support services. This interactive exhibition showcases the outcomes of a series of co-design workshops which were part of a year-long research project which aims to spark conversations about the challenges people will face around data privacy in the future and what kinds of support services we might need.

The Citizens Data Agency is a project by researchers in the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and seeks to explore what current and future data privacy support might look like for people from marginalised communities. We partnered with two community partners – Amina and Datakirk – who provide support for people from minority ethnic backgrounds. Through a series of participatory and co-design workshops the aim was to explore possible future speculative data support services designed around their experiences and needs.

Datakirk is an Edinburgh based social enterprise that aims to empower people from
disadvantaged groups in the data economy by providing learner-centred training
in data literacy and analytic skills.

Amina is a Scottish wide charity that empowers and supports Muslim and BME women by serving as a vital link between them and the barriers they face every day.

The project is funded by the UKRI National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN) and Edinburgh Futures Institutes (EFI).

Citizens Data Agency Exhibition Opening Event:

Date: Thursday 25th July 2024

Time: 5 - 7pm

Exhibition continues:

Date: Friday – Sunday, 26th – 28th July 2024

Time: 10am – 5pm every day

*Please register your seat for the Opening Event. The exhibition is open to drop-In. 

Host or Publisher School of Informatics/Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh