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Bunte Daten. Konzepte und Geschichte(n) der Datenvisualisierung

Author(s): Scholz, Martin

Abstract

Data visualizations, even if the digital context always seems to us to be included, are ultimately an old invention of mankind and present in many cultures, e.g. as maps, types of currents or climate records. It was not until the mass media of the 19th century that these depictions increasingly reached the public. The other design that goes along with it – namely that for the non-experts – must be understood as the history of the development of data visualization along social processes. The emancipatory process of increasing individualization inevitably leads to an (explosive) demand for simple, interactive, self-explanatory and at the same time binding forms of visualization in everyday social life. The essay makes a proposal for a fictional visualization tool that - similar to the perspective construction of the 15th century - translates the multitude of available data sets into a single perspective, precisely that of the subject.

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Scholz, Martin: Bunte Daten. Konzepte und Geschichte(n) der Datenvisualisierung. In: IMAGE. Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Bildwissenschaft, Jg. 19 (2023), Nr. 2, S. 127-148. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/22331.
@ARTICLE{Scholz2023,
 author = {Scholz, Martin},
 title = {Bunte Daten. Konzepte und Geschichte(n) der Datenvisualisierung},
 year = 2023,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/22331}",
 volume = 19,
 address = {Köln},
 journal = {IMAGE. Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Bildwissenschaft},
 number = 2,
 pages = {127--148},
}
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