Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
If you want your data work to carry real meaning for the people it is about and the people it is for, then you need to understand people. One of the best ways to do that is through literature, such as novels, short stories, and especially poetry. Join Barton Poulson, PhD, as he discusses his ongoing "Data Poetics" project on LinkedIn, in which he shares work by prominent poets and explores ways that the perspectives in those poems can inform data work.
If you want your data work to carry real meaning for the people it is about and the people it is for, then you need to understand people. One of the best ways to do that is through literature, such as novels, short stories, and especially poetry. Join Barton Poulson, PhD, as he discusses his ongoing "Data Poetics" project on LinkedIn, in which he shares work by prominent poets and explores ways that the perspectives in those poems can inform data work.
