Finding Alternatives to Web Mercator in the Geography of Hans Sloane’s Collection
Rees, Gethin
British Library, United Kingdom
HTML XMLA critical evaluation of the Web Mercator projection and its use in web maps by digital humanists based on Hans Sloane’s global collection amassed in the eighteenth century. Reflection on the projection is offered from visualisation and historical perspectives and insights into alternative projections and technical guidance provided.
An Imagined Geography of Empire: Mining cultural representations of the American colonial state during the St. Louis 1904 World's Fair
Avelar, Lucas
Clemson University, United States of America
HTML XMLThis digital history project utilizes methodologies of text data analysis and distant reading to assess how local newspapers produced their own discursive representations of the U.S. and the world in response to the ideologies of American colonialism and exceptionalism embedded on the grounds of the St Louis 1904 World's Fair.
Reinventing DH Student Research at Liberal Arts Colleges with Spatial Computing: The Virtual Viking Longship Project
Mason, Austin (1); Neville, David (2); Arner, Tim (2); Haas, Lily (1); Smith, Maddie (1); Pandit, Kritika (1); Ochoa-Andersen, Jack (1); Loomis, Henry (2)
1: Carleton College, United States of America; 2: Grinnell College, United States of America
HTML XMLThis project explores strategies for integrating undergraduate learning and labor in the development of long-term DH research projects. Our paper will report on the findings of using immersive computing within the context of a liberal arts education to visualize the social and cultural roles of a Viking Age longship.
A kind of hometown bond: The fate of Huiguan as a special immigrant living space in modern Beijing
Wang, Changsong; Liu, Jinhui; Wang, Yinfei
Peking University, China, People's Republic of
Huiguan is a civil autonomous organization in traditional Chinese cities, However, it lacks in-depth spatial analysis of multi-source data. GIS-based data is used to analyze the spatial structure characteristics of Huiguans in modern Beijing by introducing new evidence and offering a more nuanced understanding of the Huiguans' role.
Visualization Ethics: A Case Study Approach
Correll, Michael (1); Impett, Leonardo (2); Klein, Lauren Frederica (3); Panagiotidou, Georgia (4); Abdul-Rahman, Alfie (4); Rockwell, Geoffrey (5)
1: Roux Institute, Northeastern University; 2: University of Cambridge; 3: Emory University; 4: King's College London, United Kingdom; 5: University of Alberta
HTML XMLThis paper initiates a discussion on the ethics of visualization through the development of six case studies ranging from historical examples of slave trade and anatomy to current day pandemic, climate, and algorithmically-designed visualizations. These cases on ethics are meant as part of a reflective educational activity for visualization students, designers, and practitioners.