Teaching & Publications

As a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Civic Media & the MIT Media Lab, I do teaching and write formal publications.

Publications Related to Data Literacy

I write academically about a number of topics.  Here are some recent papers about data literacy:

• D’Ignazio, C., & Bhargava, R. Cultivating a Data Mindset in the Arts and Humanities | Public. Public, 4(2).
• Bhargava, R. & D’Ignazio, C. Data Sculptures as a Playful and Low-Tech Introduction to Working with Data. Published in the proceedings from the Pedagogy & Physicalization workshop at Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Conference 2017.
• Bhargava, R., Kadouaki, R., Bhargava, E., Castro, G., & D’Ignazio, C. (2016). Data Murals: Using the Arts to Build Data Literacy. The Journal of Community Informatics, 12(3).
• D’Ignazio, C., & Bhargava, R. (2016). DataBasic: Design Principles, Tools and Activities for Data Literacy Learners. The Journal of Community Informatics, 12(3).
• D’Ignazio, C., & Bhargava, R. (2015). Approaches to Building Big Data Literacy. In The Bloomberg Data for Good Exchange 2015. New York, NY, USA.
• Letouzé, E., Noonan, A., Bhargava, R., Deahl, E., Sangokoya, D., & Shoup, N. (2015). Beyond Data Literacy: Reinventing Community Engagement and Empowerment in the Age of Data. Data-Pop Alliance.
• Bhargava, R., & D’Ignazio, C. (2015). Designing Tools and Activities for Data Literacy Learners. In The Data Literacy Workshop at WebScience 2015. Oxford, UK.

Courses

I teach at the MIT Media Lab and in the MIT Comparative Media Studies department:

• Data Story Telling Studio – CMS.631/CMS.831/MAS.784 (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)
• Applying Media Technologies: Data Acquisition and Visualization – CMS.622 (2015): 1 month module
• How to Build Software – MAS.500 (2012 – 2017):  1 month module
• Data Acquisition and Visualization – CMS.950 (2013 – 2017): Comparative Media Studies Graduate Workshop: