In May 2025, we transformed our cultural space Data a la Lata into a platform to explore new ways of approaching territory and the data that runs through it. Across four events, we explored how data can help us understand, narrate, and reimagine the spaces we live in. Today, we want to share a summary of those experiences.
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Data Shorts: Territorial Conflicts – May 5
We began the month with a screening of short films that invited us to reflect on social and territorial conflicts. Films like The Wade, Good Luck with the Wall, and Migrantes helped us see how migration, climate crisis, and armed conflict reflect both physical and symbolic disputes over space.
This experience reminded us that while data can be the starting point of a story, it’s through audiovisual formats that numbers are given context and resonate on a more human level.
Anaglyph Workshop: Revealing Hidden Data – May 12
In this practical session, we used the anaglyph technique—an approach that creates a 3D visual effect by layering red and cyan images—to make visible the inequalities that data averages often obscure.
By analyzing disaggregated data, we revealed contrasts masked by overall averages. A clear example was food insecurity in Bogotá: while the citywide average is 6.3%, the situation is far more severe in localities like Usme (20.3%) and Bosa (19.1%).
We had previously presented this methodology at the 2025 Global Inclusive Growth Summit in Washington. It showed how design and critical data visualization can support participatory and accessible ways of narrating territory through data.
Taking Data to the Streets: Let the Territories Speak - May 19
In collaboration with the Dirección de Observatorio y Gestión del Conocimiento Cultural de Bogotá, we explored how we perceive data, the city, and its cultural practices.
Simple questions sparked deeper conversations: What percentage of people take out the trash exactly when the garbage truck arrives? How many people use the city’s public libraries?
Using micro-stories, narratives, and memes, we built a collaborative map that transformed data collected by the Observatorio into storytelling tools. This exercise allowed us to imagine new ways to see, feel, and connect data with everyday life, recognizing differences across neighborhoods and strengthening our relationship with information.
Mapping Bogotá Through Sound - May 26
In this virtual meeting, we invited participants to build a collaborative database of sounds from Bogotá’s public spaces. The recordings collected will become part of a sound map representing the city through its auditory landscapes.
We discovered that sounds can also be analyzed as data capable of conveying information about a place. Through an interactive exercise, we challenged participants to identify locations solely based on audio recordings. The result showed that, in many cases, it is not necessary to see a place to recognize it—simply having walked through it and experienced its soundscape is enough.
Territory as a Guiding Element
May showed us that territory is not just a physical space—it is a network of sounds, conflicts, hidden data, and shared narratives. Each Data a la Lata activity demonstrated how participatory methodologies can bring data closer to people and turn information into a tool for understanding the places we inhabit.
At Datasketch, we continue to invest in spaces that strengthen the data community and foster meaningful conversations around information. We focus on accessible narratives, intuitive interfaces, and tangible experiences.
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