NNIP Showcase, Part 2 - Data Contexts: Indicators, Social Histories, and the Limitations of Neighborhood Data

Data Contexts: Indicators, Social Histories, and the Limitations of Neighborhood Data

Amanda Phillips de Lucas, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance

One of NNIP’s racial equity goals states: “we strive to be transparent about the biases and limitations in the data and document the contexts in which the data were created.” Increasing transparency requires diving into the histories of technological promise and social change that shaped the present-day databases and indicators that used in our day to day work. For the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA) – telling this story requires examining how these contexts shaped our longitudinal data repository. This presentation draws upon BNIA’s history and origin story to propose one methodological approach toward meeting NNIP’s goal.

This is the presentation for the NNIP Showcase, Part 2 session at the NNIP November 2023 partners meeting.