Tag: Data Humanism

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William Careri

When the Data is Gone

When Cartoon Network abruptly erased its entire online archive, decades of web content vanished in an instant. At the same time, Boomerang, a platform that..
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Poe Bertholon

Visualizing Meth Addiction: Data Reveals The Truth About Methamphetamine Addiction in The US

Despite the lack of conversation, the abuse of methamphetamine remains an extremely serious problem in the United States. According to the CDC Wonder Database, in..
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Kelsey Nanan

The Tortured Data Viz Department: An Analysis of Taylor Swift’s Lyrics

In April of 2024, Taylor Swift released her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD), which she wrote over the past two years, during her..
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Shri Khalpada

‘The Data Diaries’: Building Community Through Data in ‘The Communal Plot’

For the last few years, I’ve been interested in how interactive digital tools can foster a sense of community while being enjoyable. My latest project,..
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Aura Walmer

‘The Data Diaries’: Data Sonification of the Total Solar Eclipse

The process behind doing data sonification of the total solar eclipse.
A network graph representing connections between various entities, which are depicted as triangles of different colors. The triangles are connected by numerous blue lines indicating relationships or interactions between the entities. The colors and sizes of the triangles seem to represent different groups and their significance, with a legend on the left side: Blue triangles represent entities with values greater than 8K. Yellow triangles represent entities with values between 7K and 8K. Red triangles represent entities with values between 6K and 7K. The graph is highly interconnected, suggesting a complex web of relationships among the entities, each labeled with a unique identifier.H
Alice Zhang & Moinak Bhaduri

High Altitude Cartography

These interactive maps reveal that the difficulty of a climb is not solely dependent on a mountain's height, offering valuable insights for climbers in planning their expeditions and understanding the nuanced challenges they may face.
A scanned book title page, which reads "American Slavery. As It Is: Testimony of A Thousand Witnesses" The cover is laying on top of a blurry newspaper spread.N
Anca Sarb

Navigating Data for Social Change: Lessons from the Abolitionists’ Database Project

Drawing from the abolitionists’ database project, we identify five key lessons about data collection, analysis, and advocacy.
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Rutuja Pawar

Art in Numbers: Crafting Insights Through an Interactive Exhibit

Using principles of data humanism to turn a static spreadsheet about Alaskan trees into a tangible and interactive artwork.
Data visualization represents a week of moods. Each donut symbolizes a factor contributing to my emotional highs and lows. The cinnamon donuts below the weekday labels signify negative emotions, while the glazed donuts above indicate positive emotions.C
Xindeling Pan

Capturing Life’s Ups and Downs in Data Mood Journals

Drawing my personal moods and emotions pushes me to think out of the box, exploring creative ways to represent them visually.
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Will Stahl-Timmins & Nadieh Bremer

Showing Human Stories Behind Data Points

Will Stahl-Timmins was struggling to visualize groups of people in a humanizing way. Then he heard Nadieh Bremer's tips on data aggregation.
A bubble chart of migrants, where the each bubble is colored by place of origin and the size of the bubble is the number of migrants.B
Soha Elghany

Beyond Numbers: How Ethical Data Visualization Tells the Human Story

If you fail to show the human behind the data, you risk telling an incomplete and misleading tale, devoid of crucial information.
Cover of Jordan Morrow's "Be Data Analytical: How to Use Analytics to Turn Data into Value"A
Joshua Pine

An Interview with Jordan Morrow, Author of “Be Data Analytical”

In his latest book, Morrow explores how data can influence decision making. Here's a peek at what's inside—plus, a Q&A with the author.
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Or Misgav

Finding Solace in Tracking My First Trimester Nights

Through sleepless nights and overwhelming fatigue, I used data and art to discover my strength—and the beauty of resilience.
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Fe Simeoni

Querying the Quantification of the Queer: A New Data Structure for Gender Spectra

As long as binary designations continue to be used, queer individuals will be misrepresented. Here's a redesigned gender data structure.
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Victoria Radnothy

Worth the Right Swipe? Using Data to Find Love on Dating Apps

Curious about online dating life but hesitant to try out the apps, a love-seeker visualizes dating data to boost chances of success.
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Duncan Bradley

Taking Time Is an Effective Way To Process Large Numbers

A striking memorial to the victims of COVID-19 in the UK reveals a neglected temporal dimension of data visualisation.