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Kathryn Buford

As a scholar, social entrepreneur, and consultant, Kathryn has led and consulted on projects for The Embassy of Jamaica, Americorps, BBC, Sony Entertainment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and various small businesses, creative agencies, nonprofits and media brands. Her writings and commentary have appeared in publications like BBC, GOOD, CNBC and Live Unchained -- her former blog (of 6 years) for women and creatives across the African Diaspora. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park with concentrations in social theory and social and cultural entrepreneurship.

Latest from Kathryn Buford

Data Visualization Empowers Endangered Languages Project

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

“Technology has a lot to answer for when it comes to certain languages gaining supremacy over others, and so it’s good to see an effort where technology is being used to claw at least some of that dominance back.” –Ingrid Lunden Vizzuality, …

New Partnership Harnesses Big Data for Citizen Engagement

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Initiatives to harness Big Data to serve the public good are gaining momentum with increased partnerships and financial support. In the spirit of “Data for the Greater Good,” Civic Impulse is joining with LegiNation to exchange data that will provide individuals, advocacy …

Sustainable Big Data

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Initiatives like the Sustainia100 are timely in light of new technology platforms from leading businesses like SAP that harness Big Data to foster sustainability. Reviewing organizations across 56 countries, the Sustainia100 honors innovative and scalable solutions that foster sustainable societies. Sustainia has chosen …

Interplanetary Reggae Mon! A Jammin’ Take on Data Art

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

The success of online events like the 1st International Reggae Poster Contest, created by Michael Thompson and Maria Papaefstathiou, shows Reggae’s transnational impact. Thanks to a new collaboration between Georgia Tech Sonification Lab and Alternative Reggae band Echo Movement, Reggae has  gone …

Big Data’s Romantic Promise

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Data integration software companies have provided new solutions to help “realize the promise of Big Data;” but, have organizational wishes “to drive competitive advantage, new business productivity and new revenues and profits” truly been fulfilled?  According to a recent Avanade’s study, the …

Knight Foundation Funding Supports Data in the Public Interest

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

“Whether it is EU spending data, development aid data or crime data, data driven journalism can facilitate public engagement with issues dealt with by public bodies and international organizations, thus enriching the public debate around them.” – Data Driven Journalism Data journalists, …

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