Data Are Made, Not Found: Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census

Where does the data that shapes our democracy actually come from? Join technology and social media scholar danah boyd to go behind the scenes of the U.S. Census. Drawing on insights from her new book, Data Are Made, Not Found, boyd explores what it took to conduct one of the largest and most consequential data-making efforts in the world during one of the most challenging periods in its history: the 2020 Census.
In partnership with the Department of Communication, Stanford University