Intro to Data Visualisation - Digital Humanities Research Group

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

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University ofGalway.ie What are we talking about?

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

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University ofGalway.ie Data Representation Colour Composition Interaction Motion Annotation Kirk (2016) Data Vis Components

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Data Visualisation Data Art

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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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Data Visualisation Data Art

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

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Data Visualisation Data Art

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“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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University ofGalway.ie Explorable Explanations

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University ofGalway.ie 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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University ofGalway.ie Why visualise data?

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University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie New Perspectives

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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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https://industrialmemories.ucd.ie/

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

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University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie Data Exploration

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Prof Marie-Louise Coolahan – English @ University of Galway

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Dr. Mark Stansbury – Classics @ University of Galway

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https://impactlab.org

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University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie Impact & Engagement

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

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https://guns.periscopic.com

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University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie Complexity & non-expert users

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The Guardian, Feb 2015

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https://impactlab.org

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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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University ofGalway.ie Useful Tools Mostly web-based, free option, little/no programming

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http://ft.com/vocabulary

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http://ft.com/vocabulary

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http://chartmaker.visualisingdata.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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