MediaFutures is an EU-funded virtual data innovation hub, supporting innovative entrepreneurial and artistic projects in reshaping the media value chain. This repository provides a selection of datasets, tools and training resources that may be useful for applicants:

Datasets

A catalogue of third-party datasets that may be of interest to the applicants. There is a selection of datasets focused on COVID-19 for the 1st open call.

Tools

A selection of open source tools and technologies suggested by Mediafutures mentors for startups and artists to obtain, process and visualize data within their projects.

Self-training

A collection of self-training resources on different aspects of dealing with data from data ethics and responsible innovation to art-science collaboration.

This is a selection of open source tools suggested by MediaFutures mentors. Participants are free to use these or other tools.

Tools applied within the MediaFutures projects

Tools applied

Find the right data, tools and training for you

Want to obtain and manipulate data with minimal or no coding.

Training resources on responsible innovation, storytelling with data, art-science collaboration: improve your knowledge on responsible innovation, and your ability to use data for storytelling or learn from previous experiences on the collaboration between art and science
Datasets: find datasets relevant to your project from our catalogue.
Digital methods: take advantage of tools that allow you to manipulate and visualize data through a visual interface, without coding
Digital art tools: experiment with tools and technologies that support your creative process and increase its potential

Willing to learn and develop some code in your project

Training resources on responsible innovation, data skills, storytelling with data, art-science collaboration: improve your awareness on data ethics issues, your skills with data and your ability to use data for storytelling or learn from previous experiences on the collaboration between art and science
Datasets: find datasets relevant to your project from our catalogue.
Data collection: explore open tools and APIs to obtain data from online platforms such as Twitter, Reddit or Wikipedia
Data science: check Python packages for data science that can help you process data to extract information for your artistic project
Digital art tools: experiment with tools and technologies that support your creative process and increase its potential

Want to obtain and process data for developing your project

Training resources on responsible innovation, data skills, data access: improve your data skills and your awareness on data ethics and data access issues
Datasets: find datasets relevant to your project from our catalogue.
Data collection: explore open tools and APIs to obtain data from online platforms such as Twitter, Reddit or Wikipedia
Data science: check Python packages for data science that can help you process data to extract information for your artistic project

You know how to code, but you need data

Datasets: find datasets relevant to your project from our catalogue.
Data collection: explore open tools and APIs to obtain data from online platforms such as Twitter, Reddit or Wikipedia