Rather than using the term “data” (to describe something given), what term does Johanna Drucker suggest we use?
Grata (something welcomed) |
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Capta (something taken) |
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Rapta (a dromaeosaurid dinosaur) |
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Codex (written laws) |
Ans . Capta(something taken)
Johanna Drucker's 2011 article Digital Humanities Quarterly, “Humanities Approaches to Graphical Display,” asserts that data should become capta, which is taken actively and interpreted rather than stay data which is passively given to be recorded and observed.
This article argues that the concept of data needs to be categorized as capta,taken and contructed.Data are considered objective “information” while capta is information that is captured because it conforms to the rules and hypothesis set for the experiment.
We take data and give meaning to them so that we can understand them in our own way. Data becomes capta.
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