{"id":2955,"date":"2022-08-29T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2022-08-30T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T21:55:32","slug":"lesson-history-of-data-visualization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/lesson-history-of-data-visualization\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson: History of Data Visualization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"subhead\">Ready or Not&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After our beginning warm-up week, we&#8217;re going to start having a more typical workload this week. That means multiple readings and more complex assignments (at least most of the time). Please don&#8217;t hesitate to get in touch with me if you start feeling overwhelmed or like you&#8217;re falling behind.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Lecture: The History of Visualization<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Collecting data has always been about making sense of our world \u2014 someone had a question, and made observations to answer it. Visualization techniques developed to help make sense of that collected data, and to share it. In this lesson, we&#8217;re going to take a brief look at the history of data visualization and when different chart forms were invented.<\/p>\n<p>Link for the slides: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1JvW6gYH1Tyiw0YsGr3-kMIy7eOgEHn8QXfVpSd0qWwI\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Influential Early Information Graphics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Influential Early Information Graphics\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CI_n_1-rjng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Video not showing up? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CI_n_1-rjng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch on YouTube here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Readings<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/surprising-history-infographic-180959563\/?no-ist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Surprising History of the Infographic<\/a> (Smithsonian Magazine)<br \/>\n&bull; Choose one biographical feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/the-scottish-scoundrel-who-changed-how-we-see-data\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">William Playfair<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/nightingale\/florence-nightingale-is-a-design-hero-8bf6e5f2147\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Florence Nightingale<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dataliteracy.com\/web-du-bois-story-of-resilience\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">W.E.B. Du Bois<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/nightingale\/the-missing-legacy-of-marie-neurath-f9800733d1fc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marie Neurath<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datavis.ca\/papers\/hbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Brief History of Data Visualization<\/a> (This is part of the discussion question, so it&#8217;s fine to skim it)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of this week&#8217;s readings (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.datavis.ca\/papers\/hbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Brief History of Data Visualization<\/a>) is a thorough and well-cited history of data visualization, but it&#8217;s also a bit dense. So for this discussion, we&#8217;ll split up the timeline and everyone can share highlights from a particular era. Along with that reading, this <a href=\"http:\/\/infowetrust.com\/scroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Map of Firsts&#8221;<\/a> may also be useful, as well as this <a href=\"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/evolution-of-infographics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summary of the long paper<\/a>. You&#8217;re also welcome to use any other sources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dataviz History Highlights:<\/strong> Answer these questions for the era you&#8217;re assigned (list below):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In summary, what was new or interesting during that time period?<\/li>\n<li>What is one example of a visualization from that time period? (Include an image)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For including images in the Canvas discussion forum, please use the option to display the image directly in your response (rather than as a file attachment) so it&#8217;s easy for everyone to view it.<\/p>\n<p>Two or three of you are assigned to each era, and it&#8217;s fine if there&#8217;s some overlap. You don&#8217;t need to coordinate responses or work together for this. Please try to choose a different example if others have already posted from the same era.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assigned eras:<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore 1700: Alyssa V.<br \/>\n1700-1799: Brad C., Jake J.<br \/>\n1800-1850: Kylie F.<br \/>\n1850-1900: Riley R., Gabbie T.<br \/>\n1900-1950: Andy R.<br \/>\n1950-1975: Jo W.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Assignment 3: Charting WSU Demographics<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this assignment, you&#8217;ll organize data from WSU about student demographics and then create charts using Google Sheets. This is our first assignment making use of spreadsheets, which we&#8217;ll continue all semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visualization techniques developed to help make sense of that collected data, and to share it. 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