I am currently doing some preliminary research into implementing local ecological knowledge (LEK) of indigenous communities into graphic information systems (GIS). I am interested if anyone is familiar with or has knowledge of ways to represent ambiguity through data visualization.

Thanks.

I am currently doing some preliminary research into implementing local ecological knowledge (LEK) of indigenous communities into graphic information systems (GIS). I am interested if anyone is familiar with or has knowledge of ways to represent ambiguity through data visualization.

Thanks.

[Matthew K. Gold (he/him)]

Hi Aleksandr,

Here are a few projects to look into:

3DH group: http://threedh.net/3dh/

The Humanities Data Visualization Workshop —
http://humanitiesvis.lmc.gatech.edu/ (this was an event, but I’d check out
the people/projects involved)

Topotime — http://dh.stanford.edu/topotime/

and some readings:

Miriam Posner — “What’s Next: The Radical, Unrealized Potential of Digital
Humanities” — http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/debates/text/54

Johanna Drucker — “Humanities Approaches to Graphical Display”
http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/5/1/000091/000091.html

Vivien Marx — “Data visualization: ambiguity as a fellow traveler” —
https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.2530

Best,

Matt

[Aleksandr Segal]

Matt,

Thank you very much for the suggestions. I had already looked at the Marx article but found it lacking due to it not pertaining to maps. The Posner piece from your book and its bibliography, however, are very helpful. I will continue working and will report back with any other resources that I find on the topic.

I am also considering the potential for using The Stack as a point of reference for thinking about complex layers of heterogeneous systems: just as with telecommunication networks, there exist broader issues of political ecology in land use, food resources, etc. that standard data viz and GIS principles may portray in a limited degree.

Best,