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Prof. Catherine D'Ignazio
Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Director, Data + Feminism Lab
Primary DLC
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
MIT Room:
10-485M
(617) 258-6634
dignazio@mit.edu
http://www.kanarinka.com/
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Artificial Intelligence
Civic Participation
Community Development
Computation
Feminism
Gender Studies
Health
Machine Learning
Postcolonialism
Public Art
Public Participation
Social Equity
Urban Information
Technology, and Media and Analytics
Visualization
Research Summary
Professor D’Ignazio is a scholar, artist/designer, and “hacker momma” who focuses on feminist technology, data literacy, and civic engagement. She is the director of the Data + Feminism Lab, which uses data and computational methods to work toward gender and racial justice, particularly as they relate to space and place.
ID’Ignazio is interested in creative ways to democratize data science, AI, and technology for social justice. She the co-author of the 2020 book Data Feminism together with Lauren F. Klein. Her latest book, Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action (MIT Press 2024), describes transnational, Latin American and Indigenous data activism about fatal gender-related violence. D’Ignazio co-lead the research and participatory design project Data Against Feminicide with Isadora Cruxên, Silvana Fumega, and Helena Suárez Val. She makes public art & design projects, write software code & research papers, teach urban planning and computer science students, run data storytelling workshops (often with Rahul Bhargava) and feminist hackathons. She is also on the board of directors of Indigenous Women Rising, an amazing group of Native women, queer and non-binary innovators who are committed to honoring Native & Indigenous People’s inherent right to equitable and culturally safe health options through accessible health education, resources and advocacy.
Recent Work
Projects
January 2, 2024
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Data + Feminism Lab
Principal Investigator
Catherine D'Ignazio
Books
Publication date:
June 1, 2021
Books
Edited by Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, Daniela Agostinho, Annie Ring, Kristin Veel,
Prof. Catherine D'Ignazio
Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data
Publication date:
March 15, 2020
Books
Lauren F. Klein,
Prof. Catherine D'Ignazio
Data Feminism
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Jackie M Dufault
Executive Director, Senseable City Lab
Prof. Carlos Garcia Gershenson
Visiting Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Pietro Leoni
Research Fellow