Exposing the invisible - THE KIT
Title
Exposing the invisible - THE KIT
Subject
Investigation is a mindset. Get started.
Description
THE KIT guide
This kit is a starting point for those who believe in the power of information as evidence but who recognise that working with information does not necessarily lead to immediate results or desired changes. The investigative process itself can be time consuming, demanding, tiresome and even dangerous; but it can also turn a curious individual or an incidental witness into a skilled documentarian, researcher or activist. We see investigation as a journey in the literal sense, but also in the broader sense of what it can achieve and the impact it can have on the investigator.
Our small team at Exposing the Invisible has been actively experimenting with ways to promote investigation as one of the most important forms of engagement – not only political engagement, but engagement understood much more broadly, in the sense that every action is an important step toward the goal of wider public participation. Our reason for doing this is simple. We want to help people develop the ability to question information that is false, find information when it is scarce and filter information when it becomes overwhelming. We see this set of skills as a way to counter the suppression of opinions, bypass censorship, combat excessive secrecy and increase transparency so that people can rely on facts rather than opinions and assumptions. We all need the ability to assess the weight and seriousness of the narratives that are shaping our decisions and our sense of justice, and we should all be capable of differentiating between information that is misleading and information that we can rely on.
From the outset, we have been interested in finding ways for people to expand their own unique skill sets, including the techniques they have developed by mastering their devices or by inhabiting particular digital and physical spaces. We did not want to limit ourselves to digital environments and data driven practices. We wanted to shed new light on effective ways to document issues, find information and verify facts. In short, we put our faith not in technology or data but in information and knowledge.
This kit is a starting point for those who believe in the power of information as evidence but who recognise that working with information does not necessarily lead to immediate results or desired changes. The investigative process itself can be time consuming, demanding, tiresome and even dangerous; but it can also turn a curious individual or an incidental witness into a skilled documentarian, researcher or activist. We see investigation as a journey in the literal sense, but also in the broader sense of what it can achieve and the impact it can have on the investigator.
Our small team at Exposing the Invisible has been actively experimenting with ways to promote investigation as one of the most important forms of engagement – not only political engagement, but engagement understood much more broadly, in the sense that every action is an important step toward the goal of wider public participation. Our reason for doing this is simple. We want to help people develop the ability to question information that is false, find information when it is scarce and filter information when it becomes overwhelming. We see this set of skills as a way to counter the suppression of opinions, bypass censorship, combat excessive secrecy and increase transparency so that people can rely on facts rather than opinions and assumptions. We all need the ability to assess the weight and seriousness of the narratives that are shaping our decisions and our sense of justice, and we should all be capable of differentiating between information that is misleading and information that we can rely on.
From the outset, we have been interested in finding ways for people to expand their own unique skill sets, including the techniques they have developed by mastering their devices or by inhabiting particular digital and physical spaces. We did not want to limit ourselves to digital environments and data driven practices. We wanted to shed new light on effective ways to document issues, find information and verify facts. In short, we put our faith not in technology or data but in information and knowledge.
Creator
ETI
Source
exposingtheinvisible.org
Date
2020
Language
English
Identifier
2020.ETI-Mb/exp+eng
Collection
Citation
ETI , “Exposing the invisible - THE KIT,” Tactical Tech's Archive, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archive.tacticaltech.org/items/show/92.