This document provides an overview of data collection for cultural projects. It discusses why data is important, how to choose data for a project, sources of data like statistics offices, open data portals, and cultural ministries. Students are instructed to create a country profile and SWOT analysis by collecting data from sources like Eurostat, OECD, UNESCO and primary reports. The document emphasizes reading widely from various sources and checking data quality.
1. Data collection
for cultural projects
Danilo Supino
may 8-12, 2020
Rome, Master in Cultural Diplomacy
data, analysis, visualization
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2. OVERVIEW
Data & Sources
At a glance: why data are so important?
How to choose data for project?
Statistics offices (international and local)
Open data
MiBact & Local Tourism data
Search and download data
excel, csv, xml, json, etc.
Software & Tools
Tableau, infogram
Practice
data analysis, data visualization
Data collection
for cultural projects
data, analysis, visualization
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3. At a glance: why data are so important?
How to choose data for project?
Statistics offices (international and local)
Open data
MiBact & Local tourism data
Data & Sources
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5. digital humanities
marketing, adv
business intelligence
problem solving
government policy
etc.
Data & Sources
Data era - datafication
People
information
acquisition
data:
geographical,
demographical,
interests,
ect.
Application
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6. More comprehensive
Data & Sources
Small Data
vs
Big Data Easily readable
More accessible (i.e. open data 3star)
Find causation and correlation
Main characteristics
Big Data Main characteristics
Volume
Variety
Velocity
Veracity
IBM's Four Vs
Small Data
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8. Data & Sources
Newspaper,
magazine, website
Specialised
newspaper and
magazine, private
report
Academic studies,
official report
Data
What everyone see when search
data and information
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9. What you must see when
you search for data and
information
Newspaper,
magazine, website
Specialised
newspaper and
magazine, private
report
Academic studies,
official report
Data
Data & Sources
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11. Data & Sources
Newspaper,
magazine, website
Specialised
newspaper and
magazine, private
report
Academic studies,
official report
Data
Pros
Read, read, read
Specialised editor
Authority
Cons
Data availability, do it by
yourself
Private report could be partial
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12. Data & Sources
Newspaper,
magazine, website
Specilised
newspaper and
magazine, private
report
Academic studies,
official report
Data
Cons
Data availability, do it by
yourself
Pros
High prestige
Certified research
In-depth analysis
Check the sources
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13. Data & Sources
Newspaper,
magazine, website
Specilised
newspaper and
magazine, private
report
Academic studies,
official report
Data
Primary sources
Reliability
Reusable
Ready for analysis
Geodata: shape, json, lat-long
Pros
Cons
Required data basic
knowledge
Sometimes dataset required
cleaning actions
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15. Data & Sources
Statistics Offices What you can find:
International offices
Check metadata, they have:
methodology, how, when, who
Publications
Regional Reports
Topics Reports
Database
Simple data visualizations
Downloadable datasets
Regional statistics from Country
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16. Data & Sources
Statistics offices
National offices
US statistics departments have
different bureau ordered by
federal state, government level
or topics
What you can find:
Publications
Topic Reports
Database
Simple data visualization
Downloadable datasets
Check metadata, they have:
methodology, how, when, who
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17. Data & Sources
Open data
1. Make your stuff available on the Web
(whatever format) under an open license
2. Make it available as structured data (e.g.,
Excel instead of image scan of a table)
3. Make it available in a non-proprietary
open format (e.g., CSV instead of Excel)
4. Use URIs to denote things, so that people
can point at your stuff
5. Link your data to other data to provide
context
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18. Data & Sources
Open data
Basic analysis but useful
Complex analysis too
Find causation and correlation
Geodata: lat., long, json, shape
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19. Data & Sources
Open data
Czechia
341,049
France
180,079
Germany
175,662
United
Kingdom
55,165
Poland
45,040
Spain
38,482
Italy
62,827
Austria
27,858
Ukraine
30,859
Eu
institutions
25,246
Dataset available- Top 10 on eudataportal
Eudataportal
Source: eudataportal, 05/06/2020
Beginners
Fast-tracker
Followers
Trend-setter
Open data development
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20. Link
Data & Sources
MiBact &
Local tourism data Mibact- statistics department
Regional Apt
Example: Apt Basilicata
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21. Data & Sources
Geographical data:
Regions, territories, museums,
archoeological sites
Earnings
Tickets
Tourist n.
Services
Regional Apt
Sometimes require registration
Territory details (area, province)
Accomodation
Tourist nationality
Example: Apt Basilicata
Mibact- statistics deparmtent
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22. Questions?
An overview: why data are so important?
How to choose data for a project?
Statistics offices (international and local)
Open data
MiBact & Local tourism data
Data & Sources
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23. Country Profile
Swot analysis
Collecting data
1. Choose:
One european country
One city
A project topic
Data & Sources
2. Search data or report in:
EUROSTAT
EUDATAPORTAL
OECD
UNESCO
other primary source or official report
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24. 3. Create a country profile with main
indicators
Data & Sources
On Monday, we will check togheter
datasets and sources of your
country profile and swot analysis.
Country Profile
Swot analysis
Collecting data
4. Swot analysis
5. Collect data references (source,
dataset, year, link)
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25. See you on monday
danilo.supino@gmail.com
Danilo Supino
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