I am beyond thrilled to share that DATA BY DESIGN: AN INTERACTIVE HISTORY OF DATA VISUALIZATION, 1789-1900 is now open for community review at 💚 📊 dataxdesign.io 📊 💙. It's the work of 15+ people across 5 institutions, 2 continents, 2 babies, and a global pandemic. A 🧵 but first: - ThreadSky

laurenfklein.bsky.social • 279 days ago

I am beyond thrilled to share that DATA BY DESIGN: AN INTERACTIVE HISTORY OF DATA VISUALIZATION, 1789-1900 is now open for community review at 💚 📊 http://dataxdesign.io 📊 💙. It's the work of 15+ people across 5 institutions, 2 continents, 2 babies, and a global pandemic. A 🧵 but first:

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mprove.bsky.social•279 days ago

interesting. I'd love to explore more but my connection is rather slow.
Also on scrolling the intro page [screenshot]. I guess this is a known issue.

#dataviz #infoviz

triplingual.bsky.social•279 days ago

💙💙💙

olough.bsky.social•194 days ago

This is great! Have shared this internally at my very data-focused humanitarian NGO. Super-relevant given how mixed-up we all are in paternalism and colonial legacies.

laurenfklein.bsky.social•194 days ago

Thank you so much! And look out for a revised version next spring!

patrickdavitt.bsky.social•279 days ago

Looks really cool. I'm looking forward to the finished product!

laurenfklein.bsky.social•278 days ago

Thanks!

laurenfklein.bsky.social•279 days ago

The rest of the team! This public beta was created by Tanvi Sharma, Jay Varner, Shiyao Li, Margy Adams, Nick Yang, Dan Jutan, Jianing Fu, Anna Mola, Serena Fang, Yang Li, and Silas Munro. Qing Tian, Adam Hayward, and Morgan Orangi contributed to the original prototype 2/

laurenfklein.bsky.social•279 days ago

DxD is a counterhistory in the full sense of that term. It retells the history of data visualization alongside the histories of colonialism and slavery. In the process, it shows how questions of ethics and justice have been present in the field since its start 3/

laurenfklein.bsky.social•279 days ago

The intro proposes that the history of data visualization is composed of an infinite number of stories. Drawing from my favorite Benjamins, Walter and @ruha9.bsky.social, I explain how, by looking at any two stories together, we gain a more complete picture of all 4/ https://dataxdesign.io/chapters/intro

laurenfklein.bsky.social•279 days ago

Chapter One employs the indelible image, "Description of a Slave Ship," from 1789, to establish the tremendous power of data visualization and the responsibility that comes along with it 5/ https://dataxdesign.io/chapters/description

laurenfklein.bsky.social•279 days ago

We also describe our own attempt to re-visualize the data of slavery with these lessons of power and responsibility in mind. We layer in the thinking of Jessica Marie Johnson, Romi Morrison, and Kevin Quashie to explore the uses and limits of visualizing resistance 6/ https://dataxdesign.io/chapters/description#voyage-scrollytell…

laurenfklein.bsky.social•279 days ago

Ch 2 centers on the import-export charts of William Playfair, who is often viewed as the "father" of data visualization. Here we show how Playfair's images, far from being neutral or objective, were also designed for a particular audience and purpose 7/ https://dataxdesign.io/chapters/playfair