Visualization

Diagrams, maps and data visualizations have conquered the research in the arts, letters and humanities. For some researchers, these graphic forms consist in exploiting previously neglected quantitative data, others offer the possibility of exploring the discreet relationships that heterogeneous corpus. But on what epistemological foundations rest these technical and intellectual operations? As part of the production of knowledge and its interpretation in digital mode, is it possible to go beyond the simple effect of displaying data, certainly stunning at first, and to consider otherwise the interfaces and software? Considered today as one of the most important theorists of digital humanities, Johanna Drucker book in this book, specially written for the collection, a alternative to the dominant forms of information visualization. Johanna Drucker