Building on the Legacy of the Du Bois Data Portraits

Includes historical context, re-creations, storytelling, and using the modern megaphone to tell your stories

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1. Building on the Legacy of the Du Bois Data Portraits Anthony Starks Allen Hillery Sekou Tyler
2. The Philadelphia Negro, 1897 “This inquiry extended over a period of fifteen months, and sought to ascertain something of the geographical distribution of this race, their organizations, and above all their relation to their million white fellow-citizens”
3. Atlanta University Debating Team, c. 1900 Women seated on steps of building at Atlanta University c. 1900
4. W.E.B. DuBois in Paris 1900 Exposition of the American Negro, Paris, 1900
5. Historical Context 1895 “Black America” Fair
6. Historical Context 1895 1896 “Black America” Fair Plessy v. Ferguson
7. Historical Context 1895 1896 1897 “Black America” Fair Plessy v. Ferguson Phila. Negro begins
8. Historical Context 1895 1896 1896 1897 1898 “Black America” Fair Plessy v. Ferguson Phila. Negro begins Wilmington Overthrow
9. Historical Context 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 “Black America” Fair Plessy v. Ferguson Phila. Negro begins Wilmington Overthrow Lynchings Peak
10. Historical Context 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 “Black America” Fair Plessy v. Ferguson Phila. Negro begins Wilmington Overthrow Lynchings Peak Paris Exposition
11. We are here This is who we are This is how far we have come
14. 22” 28”
15. Taxonomy Bars 52.63% Maps 15.79% Blocks 14.04% Circles 12.28% Graphs 5.26% Bars Maps Blocks Circles Graphs
16. Bars
17. Maps
18. Circles
19. Blocks
20. Graphs
21. Color Palette black brown tan gold pink red green blue #000000 #654321 #d2b48c #ffd700 #ffc0cb #dc143c #00aa00 #4682b4
22. Typography Public Sans Charter WILLIAM
23. Re-Creating the Du Bois Data Portraits
27. Pen, Ink, Watercolor, Paper, Expos 1900 Scripting, Digital Fonts, PDF, Internet 2019
29. decksh Structure Text Lists Arrows Images Graphics Charts Loops Data Utility
30. Code Output Reference
31. Storytelling
32. Storytelling is about balance Telling a Story Presenting Data W.E.B. Du Bois sought to combine science, data, and methodology into sociology. His research into Black American culture told a story of resilience
33. Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle Aristotle thought that a speaker's ability to persuade an audience is based on how well the speaker appeals to them through ETHOS LOGOS PATHOS Du Bois developed a sociological framework to show Black Americans are capable of functioning as social equals, social Darwinism has no data to back its theory. ETHOS: Ethics (Credibility) PATHOS: Emotion (Feeling) LOGOS: Logic (Data)
34. Tell Stories Like Pixar Once upon a time there was Every day One day Because of that Because of that Until finally
35. Themes from Great Stories 1. Coming of Age 2. Constant Evolution 3. Overcoming Obstacles 4. Rebirth 5. The Quest 6. True as it Ever Was You have arrived You are always adapting You came out on top You have reinvented yourself It's been quite a Journey Remained true to yourself Experience, Strength Adapability Relisience New Hope and Direction Committment, Dedication Reinforce Trust
36. The Modern Megaphone
37. Paris 1900
38. Now Your Message
39. #DuboisChallenge
40. #DuboisChallenge
41. #DuboisChallenge https://github.com/ajstarks/dubois-data-portraits/tree/master/challenge
42. Modern Megaphone: Mona Chalabi
43. Modern Megaphone: Ijeamaka A
44. Modern Megaphone: Sekou Tyler
45. Smit Patel and Rebecca Stevick
46. Luke Stanke on YouTube
47. Modern Megaphone: @duboisviz
48. #DuboisChallenge Twitter Dashboard
49. Contemporary Data
51. Start with the Question
52. Find Your Data
55. Washington Post Shooting Database NOAA Climate Data https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/
56. Authorship, after all, is not only what is created but also what is selected. Teju Cole