Among other things, Lev Manovich discusses the role and purpose of data visualization, and data art. For him, the current challenge of data art is not the visualization of impersonal data into something meaningful and aesthetic (as this is already done), rather the challenge is how to data art can…
Reading Materials Introductory Guides The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python – A great quick-start that focuses on setting up your dev environment and offers a series of task-based tutorials Dive Into Python 3 – The original ’getting started with Python’ book The Official Tutorial – Terse but quite complete Reference Materials The Standard…
Research Projects You will each be responsible for researching a designer or artist and presenting your findings Please choose a research subject from this list and sign up for a time slot in this spreadsheet. Presentations: Topics & Precedents You will have 10 minutes apiece to bring us up to…
The Anti-Sublime Ideal in New Media by Lev Manovich [Visualizations] carry the promise of rendering phenomena that are beyond the scale of human senses into something that is within our reach, something visible and tangible ... This promise makes data mapping into the exact opposite of the Romantic art concerned with…
Each student will select a data visualization-related person or group to thoroughly research and report on for the rest of the class. You will become an expert in this subject and explore some of the main ideas and concepts behind the research topic you've selected.Some questions to think about:…
Chapter 7 -- Making Good Arguments: An OverviewIt’s helpful to consider the early suggestions and proposed process of thoughtfully planning or “assembling” an argument. It would likely otherwise be my approach to build each argument piecemeal along the way, as more data is gathered, rather than fill-in a predetermined…
Chapter 3 -- From Topics to Questions“Research topic” → Something that interests me enough that I could potentially become some level of expert on itA topic is probably too broad if it is stated in five words or less. Narrowing a topic is key. Do this by rephrasing a topic…
CH7-10 give useful guidelines on how to formulate your arguments in a convincing way, make significant claims without falling into the trap of complete certainty, strengthening your arguments with sufficient evidence, and acknowledging limitations of your arguments. Much like the first few chapters, it served as a succinct reminder of…
Chapters 7-10 of The Craft of Research lay out a strategy and road-map to crafting, supporting, and defending a compelling research argument that shares the claims we’re making and the solutions we’re proposing to the specific, meaningful research problem we established using the helpful methods the authors discussed…
An argument in research is a unique kind of argument. However, what keeps it similar to other types of arguments is the need for some sort of conflict. When structuring an argument in research, it's helpful to think of a conversation. A researcher starts with a claim, then searches for…
Chs 7-10 cohesively lay out what a good research argument is (a lively “conversation in which you and your imagined readers cooperatively explore an issue that you both think is important to resolve” p108), approaches to planning, elements that make up a research argument, and step through details relating to…
This week's chapters 7–10 from The Craft of Research in the section “Making an Argument” was all about advice in making a claim and supporting it. Chapter 7 introduces us into how to arguments in research. The authors ask to see argument as a conversation with readers, which is…
These chapters discuss how to develop an argumentation structure for your research. What does it require to posit a substantiated claim? The text explains that a claim should be followed by a reason of why the claim holds. The writer should be able to support these reasons with evidence. A…
Chapter 7 starts with a good few lines about conversation and research. “In a research report, you make a claim, back it with reasons based on evidence, acknowledge and respond to other views, and sometimes explain your principles of reasoning.” The readings go on to discuss the “thickening” (p.139)…
The Craft of Research by Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, et al. Read chapters 7–10 from Part III: Making an Argument. Use the tag “R2” when you post your assessment of the text’s message and the questions it raises.…
When deciding on a topic to research, I like to think if people would debate my question or problem at a bar. If the topic instigates that kind of casual but passionate debate, I usually believe a visualization exploring it is justified as the exploration may lead to some sort…
Community Agreement We’ll collectively edit this document to establish some ground rules for what we expect from one another during class meetings this semester Reading discussion Chapters 3–6 of The Craft of Research Exercise: Create a Topic Map Using the printed out copy of your Literature Review as…
This is a nice book about how to unlock assumptions to dig deeper for underlying questions for a particular topic. Chapter 3 really boils down to learning to ask the right questions about a topic. Asking questions and inquiring about events can lead to further research if these same questions…
These chapters in The Craft of Research went over the basics of how to frame your interest in a way that allow successful transitions from questions that you are personally interested in answering, to problems that are worth solving both for you and a greater audience, to identifying and utilizing…
I found the reading (chapters 3–6 from The Craft of Research in the section “Asking Questions, Finding Answers”) incredibly helpful as we face the daunting task of starting our thesis. The reading provided a process of how to tackle possible topics for research, determine critical questions, glean problems those…
Chs. 3-6 in Asking Questions, Finding Answers outline overall approaches to research with specific, focused, practical approaches to planning and starting to execute projects. The thing that struck me most about the reading is the emphasis on the reader. Not what research are you interested but turning the perspective around…
The ‘planning your project’ section of The Craft of Research was insightful and calming, providing useful frameworks and suggestions for a research beginner – and did so in a surprisingly readable manner. What was especially useful given our current stage of research (where we all have started thinking about topics and…
Chapter 3 and 4 explain the initiating phase of a research project: how to find a topic within a certain subject matter, and formulate a precise research question. After having selected a substance to asses, the book’s recommended process of formulating the research question follows the three-step formula of:…
7 Numbers in 7 Days Critique of posters Exercise: Literature Review Start by visiting pages on Wikipedia that are relevant to your topic. Skim each article looking for primary sources relating to your subject. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and look over the References section and…
Day 1 - Wednesday9 out of the world's 10 most polluted cities are in India [value and color]PM2.5 is a particle considered so small that it can enter the lungs and cause serious health problems - used as a standard to measure air quality. The WHO listed the…
The Craft of Research by Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, et al. Read chapters 3–6 from Part II: Asking Questions, Finding Answers. Use the tag “R1” when you post your assessment of the text’s message and the questions it raises.…
Day Seven: TuesdayBertin-Texture: 1/8 of 8KExploited vulnerabilities: 1/8 of 8KDay Six: MondayBertin-Shape 18 Biggest Data Breaches18 Biggest Data BreachesDay Five: SundayBertin - Value: Upto $50K - Over TimeSAMMAMISH, WA - The ransomware attack on the city of Sammamish continued through Thursday, and the city has hired a tech…