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Seeing what is not shown: combining visualization critique and design to surface the limitations in data

Hengesbach, N., McInerny, G. J. and Porto de Albuquerque, J. (2022) Seeing what is not shown: combining visualization critique and design to surface the limitations in data. Information Design Journal, 27(1), pp. 64-75. (doi: 10.1075/idj.22006.hen)

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Abstract

Critical studies of data visualization often highlight how the reductive nature of visualization methods excludes data limitations and qualities that are crucial to understanding those data. This case study explores how a data visualization could express contingent, situated, and contextual facets of data. We examine how such data limitations might be surfaced and represented within visualizations through an interplay between the critique of an existing data visualization and the development of alternative designs. Based on a case study of urban tree data, we interrogate data limitations in relation to four different types of missingness: Incompleteness, Emptiness, Absence, and Nothingness. Our study enables reflections on how data limitations can be investigated using visualizations and considers the development of a critical visualization practice.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:This research was in part supported by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Urban Science and Progress and funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council under grant no. EP/L016400/1.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Porto de Albuquerque, Professor Joao
Authors: Hengesbach, N., McInerny, G. J., and Porto de Albuquerque, J.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
Journal Name:Information Design Journal
Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISSN:0142-5471
ISSN (Online):1569-979X
Published Online:21 November 2022
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2022 John Benjamins Publishing Company
First Published:First published in Information Design Journal 27(1): 64-75
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons license
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