Data & Design How-to’s Note 7 : Get the details

Tactical Technology Collective | Turning information into action
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Tactical Tech is an organisation dedicated to the use of information in activism.

We focus on the use of data, design and technology in campaigning through our Evidence & Action programme and on helping activists understand and manage their digital security and privacy risks through our Privacy & Expression programme.

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Selected CIA Aircraft Routes and Rendition Flights 2001-2006

Data & Design How-to’s Note 7: Get the details | Drawing by Numbers

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Uncovering tracks

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A billboard I designed was up on display in Los Angeles. It’s part of a series of public art installations about the war (2006)

Trevor Paglen is an artist, geographer and writer whose work investigates unknown aspects of American military and CIA operations. As Paglen’s work focuses on asking difficult questions about top secret issues, his work is driven by the idea that asking the question can be as important as getting the answer.

His project CIA Rendition Flights 2001-2006 is composed of flight data that he uncovered through a long and diverse process of investigation, which was then mapped in collaboration with designer and activist John Emerson, giving an impression of the movements of aircraft owned or operated by known CIA front companies.

Data & Design How-to’s Note 7: Get the details | Drawing by Numbers

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The perfect advocacy campaign gives all audiences the information they need to act, in the right amounts, at the right time. In Get the Idea and Get the Picture, we’ve looked at two strategies for doing this. By using strong imagery built from small packets of evidence, we can draw people in, expose them to our issue and give them an idea of what it’s about. Campaigns that aim to help people Get the Picture tell stories using carefully selected data to help audiences understand and build themselves into the issue. They rarely include ALL the information that we have at our disposal.

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