I’m really excited to share that DETROITography was awarded a mini-grant from the sponsors of Open Data Day 2024 sponsors: Jokkolabs Banjul, Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), Open Knowledge Germany, Datopian and Link Digital.

DETROITography’s focus has always been on small data, neighborhood level data where others focused on the big or institutional data. We’ve always wanted to get Detroiters mapping their own neighborhoods and providing their own voices to the city’s data narrative.

To that end, we are relaunching a CKAN open data portal with the goal of expanding community engagement with data and find-ability of local data.

WHEN: Thursday, March 7th @ 12pm

WHERE: Simons Rooms, WSU Purdy/Kresge Library or Zoom

WHAT: Neighborhood Data Discovery

Join us on Open Data Day 2024 for the relaunch of the DetroitData open data portal – the open data catalog for the Detroit community. Previous efforts in 2013-2016 were focused on filling a gap, but then open data proliferated. We’ve noticed again a drop off in the regular sharing and discovery of the available data. 
Come out and explore the DetroitData catalog, ask questions, and register. The open data portal intends to serve as an agnostic, neutral venue for community groups to share their local survey results, local media to share datasets acquired via FOIA request, and open up the opportunity for more Detroit-based people and organizations to influence the city’s data narrative.

RSVP: Event Link