{"id":3151,"date":"2022-10-24T01:51:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T08:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2022-10-23T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:00:40","slug":"lesson-exploring-xenographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/lesson-exploring-xenographics\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson: Exploring &#8216;Xenographics&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"subhead\">Presentation: Exploring &#8220;Xenographics&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We previously looked at taxonomies for classifying common chart types. Maarten Lambrechts, a Belgian data visualization consultant, runs a site called <a href=\"https:\/\/xeno.graphics\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Xenographics<\/strong><\/a> to collect examples of <em>strange<\/em> chart forms. In this presentation, he talks about that project with a bunch of examples. He also highlights creative ways news organizations have adapted to small mobile screens.<\/p>\n<p>At minimum, watch from 6:00 to 23:30. (The introduction explains about William Playfair, so watch that if you don&#8217;t remember what he&#8217;s known for!)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fp-WNqaQG0s\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Video not showing up? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fp-WNqaQG0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch on YouTube here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot going on in Xenographics presentation, so let&#8217;s share notes to help remember key ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xenographics:<\/strong> Write about the following with regard to the &#8220;Xenographics&#8221; video presentation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is one notable quote or key idea?<\/li>\n<li>What is one specific example that you found interesting, and why?<\/li>\n<li>Were there any ideas you disagreed with or examples you found <em>too weird<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Assignment: Just one this week<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is one larger assignment this week, about creating social media visualizations from a report about youth sports participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After looking at taxonomies of common chart forms, here&#8217;s a chance to confront unusual and strange charts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3152,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions\/3152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}