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/

Transcript

1. University ofGalway.ie Intro to Data Visualisation David Kelly January, 2023 Digital Humanities Manager Moore Institute
2. University ofGalway.ie What are we talking about?
3. …the graphical representation of information and data. Tableau (https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/data-visualization) Kirk (2016)
4. University ofGalway.ie Data Representation Colour Composition Interaction Motion Annotation Kirk (2016) Data Vis Components
5. Data Visualisation Data Art
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
8. Data Visualisation Data Art
9. https://elmss.nuigalway.ie/corpus/11 Earlier Latin Manuscripts Tools for studying the scripts of the oldest Latin manuscripts
10. Data Visualisation Data Art
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.”
12. University ofGalway.ie Explorable Explanations
13. 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
14. University ofGalway.ie Why visualise data?
15. University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie New Perspectives
16. Cultural Networks Data from interviews with cultural practitioners: • Demographic • Funding • Relationship types • Geographic data Dr. Patrick Collins – Geography @ University of Galway
18. https://industrialmemories.ucd.ie/
19. https://industrialmemories.ucd.ie/project/the-transfer-graph
20. University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie Data Exploration
21. Prof Marie-Louise Coolahan – English @ University of Galway
22. Dr. Mark Stansbury – Classics @ University of Galway
23. https://impactlab.org
24. University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie Impact & Engagement
25. “Unimaginable Death: Visualizations of COVID-19 Pandemic Milestones”, Supplement to Issue 2 of Nightingale Journal of the Data Visualisation Society, 2022
26. “Unimaginable Death: Visualizations of COVID-19 Pandemic Milestones”, Supplement to Issue 2 of Nightingale Journal of the Data Visualisation Society, 2022
27. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/07/us/drug-overdose-deaths-in-the-us.html
28. https://guns.periscopic.com
29. University ofGalway.ie University ofGalway.ie Complexity & non-expert users
30. The Guardian, Feb 2015
31. https://impactlab.org
32. http://projects.propublica.org/louisiana/ Data Is Plural Submissions: London Stage Database https://nightingaledvs.com/data-is-plural-submissions-london-stage-database/
33. University ofGalway.ie Useful Tools Mostly web-based, free option, little/no programming
34. http://ft.com/vocabulary
35. http://ft.com/vocabulary
36. http://chartmaker.visualisingdata.com
37. ParseHub.com Code-based: Data Gathering, Cleaning & Preparation Mapping Charting Data Management Design Visualisation
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
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
40. Omeka Plugin storymap.knightlab.com Data Gathering, Cleaning & Preparation Mapping Charting Data Management Design Visualisation
41. Code-based: http://datamatic.io www.datawrapper.de Data Gathering, Cleaning & Preparation Mapping Charting Data Management Design Visualisation
42. Code-based: https://flourish.studio Data Gathering, Cleaning & Preparation Mapping Charting Data Management Design Visualisation
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
44. https://juxtapose.knightlab.com Data Gathering, Cleaning & Preparation Mapping Charting Data Management Design Visualisation
45. Code-based: http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/ gephi.org Data Gathering, Cleaning & Preparation Mapping Charting Data Management Design Visualisation
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
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
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
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
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
51. University ofGalway.ie Thank you david.d.kelly@universityofgalway.ie mooreinstitute.ie/digital-lab