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Intro to Data Visualisation - Digital Humanities Research Group

Dave Kelly
January 31, 2023

Intro to Data Visualisation - Digital Humanities Research Group

Introduction to data visualisation by David Kelly, Digital Humanities Manager at the Moore Institute

The first in a series of talks surveying digital approaches to Humanities research.

Co-ordinated by the Moore Institute’s Digital Humanities Research Group (DHRG), with the support of the Moore Institute’s Digital Lab and the Library’s Digital Scholarship and Archives units.

https://mooreinstitute.ie/research-group/digital-humanities/

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January 31, 2023
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  1. University
    ofGalway.ie
    Intro to Data
    Visualisation
    David Kelly
    January, 2023
    Digital Humanities Manager
    Moore Institute

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  2. University
    ofGalway.ie
    What are we
    talking about?

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  3. …the graphical
    representation of
    information and data.
    Tableau (https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/data-visualization)
    Kirk (2016)

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    Data Representation
    Colour
    Composition
    Interaction
    Motion
    Annotation
    Kirk (2016)
    Data Vis
    Components

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  5. Data
    Visualisation
    Data
    Art

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  6. http://giorgialupi.com/bruises-the-data-we-dont-see/
    “Clinical records alone hardly capture the impact the illness of
    a child has on a family. This is how we used music and art to
    understand and communicate the information that was
    missing.”
    Bruises — The Data We Don’t See Giorgia Lupi & Kaki King

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  8. Data
    Visualisation
    Data
    Art

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  9. https://elmss.nuigalway.ie/corpus/11
    Earlier Latin Manuscripts
    Tools for studying the scripts of the oldest
    Latin manuscripts

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  10. Data
    Visualisation
    Data
    Art

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  11. “As you probably can see, this isn’t by any
    means a scientific representation of data.
    Still, we believe it paints an accurate
    sensorial picture of this personal journey.”

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    Explorable
    Explanations

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    Bret Victor (2011)
    http://worrydream.com/ExplorableExplanations/
    An active reader asks questions, considers
    alternatives, questions assumptions, and even
    questions the trustworthiness of the author. An
    active reader tries to generalize specific
    examples, and devise specific examples for
    generalities. An active reader doesn't passively
    sponge up information, but uses the author's
    argument as a springboard for critical thought and
    deep understanding.
    Explorable Explanations

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    Why visualise
    data?

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  15. University
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    University
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    New
    Perspectives

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  16. Cultural Networks
    Data from interviews with cultural
    practitioners:
    • Demographic
    • Funding
    • Relationship types
    • Geographic data
    Dr. Patrick Collins – Geography @ University of Galway

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  18. https://industrialmemories.ucd.ie/

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  19. https://industrialmemories.ucd.ie/project/the-transfer-graph

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  20. University
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    University
    ofGalway.ie
    Data
    Exploration

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  21. Prof Marie-Louise Coolahan – English @ University of Galway

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  22. Dr. Mark Stansbury – Classics @ University
    of Galway

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  23. https://impactlab.org

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  24. University
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    University
    ofGalway.ie
    Impact &
    Engagement

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  25. “Unimaginable Death: Visualizations of COVID-19
    Pandemic Milestones”, Supplement to Issue 2 of Nightingale
    Journal of the Data Visualisation Society, 2022

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  26. “Unimaginable Death: Visualizations of COVID-19
    Pandemic Milestones”, Supplement to Issue 2 of Nightingale
    Journal of the Data Visualisation Society, 2022

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  27. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/07/us/drug-overdose-deaths-in-the-us.html

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  28. https://guns.periscopic.com

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    University
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    Complexity &
    non-expert users

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  30. The Guardian, Feb 2015

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  31. https://impactlab.org

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  32. http://projects.propublica.org/louisiana/
    Data Is Plural Submissions: London Stage Database
    https://nightingaledvs.com/data-is-plural-submissions-london-stage-database/

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    Useful Tools
    Mostly web-based, free
    option, little/no programming

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  34. http://ft.com/vocabulary

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  35. http://ft.com/vocabulary

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  36. http://chartmaker.visualisingdata.com

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  37. ParseHub.com
    Code-based:
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  38. Code-based:
    A free, open source, powerful tool for working
    with messy data
    openrefine.org
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  39. • Limited free / education
    plans available
    Code-based:
    • Map design
    • Data storage
    • Embed maps
    carto.com
    mapbox.com
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  40. Omeka Plugin
    storymap.knightlab.com
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  41. Code-based:
    http://datamatic.io
    www.datawrapper.de
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  42. Code-based:
    https://flourish.studio
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  43. https://timeline.knightlab.com
    Uses a Google Spreadsheet as a data source
    https://juxtapose.knightlab.com/
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  44. https://juxtapose.knightlab.com
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  45. Code-based:
    http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/
    gephi.org
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  46. public.tableau.com/app/discover
    Also offer free academic licenses for Tableau
    Desktop for students & teachers
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  47. • Colour Choices
    Maps: - http://colorbrewer2.org
    Palette Selection: https://blog.datawrapper.de/colors-for-data-vis-style-guides/
    • ProPublica's Nerd Guides - https://github.com/propublica/guides
    • Data Viz Style Guide Collection: http://policyviz.com/style-guides/
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation

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  48. “Easily manage all your research outputs and make them
    available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner”
    http://www.nature.com/sdata/policies/repositories
    Data Gathering,
    Cleaning & Preparation
    Mapping
    Charting
    Data Management
    Design
    Visualisation
    https://libguides.library.nuigalway.ie/researchdatamanagement

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  49. http://www.clean-sheet.org/
    See https://medium.com/@giorgialupi/data-humanism-the-revolution-will-be-
    visualized-31486a30dbfb
    and
    https://www.ted.com/talks/giorgia_lupi_how_we_can_find_ourselves_in_data

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  50. • Nightingale – Journal of the Data Visualisation Society:
    https://nightingaledvs.com/tag/historic-dataviz/
    • The Data Visualisation Catalogue: https://datavizcatalogue.com/
    • FT Visual Vocabulary - http://ft.com/vocabulary
    • Seeing Data: http://seeingdata.org
    • “How we can find ourselves in data”, Giorgia Lupi (2017)
    https://www.ted.com/talks/giorgia_lupi_how_we_can_find_ourselves_in_data
    Useful Resources

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  51. University
    ofGalway.ie
    Thank you
    [email protected]
    mooreinstitute.ie/digital-lab

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