Boyd Davis, Stephen, Vane, Olivia and Kräutli, Florian, 2016, Conference or Workshop, Using Data Visualisation to tell Stories about Collections at Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, London, UK, 12 - 14 July 2016.
Abstract or Description: | The paper explores visualisation of “big data” from digitised museum collections and archives, focusing on the relationship between data, visualisation and narrative. A contrast is presented between visualisations that show “just the data” and those that present the information in such a way as to tell a story using visual rhetorical devices; such devices have historically included trees, streams, chains, geometric shapes and other forms. The contrast is explored through historical examples and a survey of current practice. A discussion centred on visualising datasets from the British Library, Science Museum and Wellcome Library is used to outline key research questions. |
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Official URL: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10... |
Subjects: | Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G400 Computer Science > G440 Human-computer Interaction Other > Historical and Philosophical studies > V300 History by topic > V370 History of Design Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W210 Graphic Design > W213 Visual Communication |
School or Centre: | School of Design |
Funders: | EPSRC EP/J502169/1, AHRC AH/L503782/1, System Simulation Ltd |
Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.44 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | timeline; chronographics |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2016 16:56 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2020 21:52 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/1846 |
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