6 papers
Designing Vibes in a Science Museum: from @Science to @hugging_face
Derya Akbaba, Daniela Paz Moyano Dávila, Måns Gezelius +2
While feminist and critical data theories have long critiqued the use of data to uphold a positivist-informed view about science, few examples offer alternative methods to display…
Thinking Inside the Box: Considerations for Putting Data Physicalization Workshops in a Box
Derya Akbaba, Camilla Svensson, Claudia Torelli +2
Visualization researchers utilize workshops both for applied research and to engage different populations with visualization-based activities. While there are many benefits to runn…
Reflections on Traceability for Visualization Research
Jen Rogers, Derya Akbaba, James Scott-Brown +2
Decades of advocacy for reproducibility and replication have advanced open, transparent practices in the sciences. However, traditional notions of reproducibility fit poorly with d…
Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations
Tobias Kauer, Derya Akbaba, Marian Dörk +1
This paper presents discursive patinas, a technique to visualize discussions onto data visualizations, inspired by how people leave traces in the physical world. While data visuali…
Manifesto for Putting 'Chartjunk' in the Trash 2021!
Derya Akbaba, Jack Wilburn, Main T. Nance +1
In this provocation we ask the visualization research community to join us in removing chartjunk from our research lexicon. We present an etymology of chartjunk, framing its provoc…
Data Hunches: Incorporating Personal Knowledge into Visualizations
Haihan Lin, Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer +1
The trouble with data is that it frequently provides only an imperfect representation of a phenomenon of interest. Experts who are familiar with their datasets will often make impl…