From “Open” to Justice

Audrey Watters @audreywatters OpenCon 2014

“Openwashing: n., having an appearance of open-source and open-licensing for marketing purposes, while continuing proprietary

practices.” - @audreywatters, March 26, 2012

“I know [obscenity] when I see it.”

— Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart

From Open Data to Information Justice

Data is disciplinary

InBloom: Doom

Data is not neutral

We need meaningful political engagement, care and justice.

Not simply (empty?) adjectives that purport to do that work for us