{"id":726,"date":"2017-10-09T11:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/?p=726"},"modified":"2017-10-09T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:56:57","slug":"post-1-reverse-engineering-the-shape-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/2017\/10\/09\/post-1-reverse-engineering-the-shape-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Post 1 – Reverse Engineering: The Shape of History"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Shape of History: Reimagining Elizabeth Palmer Peabody’s Historical Visualization Work<\/a>\u00a0is a unique piece of data visualization that tries to challenge viewers to a more complex and full data visualization compared to the traditional New York Times or the Economist data visualizations. Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, a 19th century writer, editor, and educator, transformed data into a grid chart that utilizes an interactive historical map with the aim to allow viewers to interpret the visualization for themselves. Palmer’s chart organizes historical data in a narrative format that demonstrates a progression of events and the events’ relationships with each other. The creators of the site, wanted to revitalize Palmer’s work in a digital format to allow for interactivity for the viewer.<\/p>\n

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Sources<\/p>\n

The “Site Information” section lists the credits and sources of this project. They list the American Antiquarian Society and the Library Company of Philadelphia as the primary sources for performing research on Elizabeth Palmer’s work. All other sources came from open source libraries from different online databases and the project using HTML5, CSS, and Javascript.<\/p>\n

Processing<\/p>\n

Processing data for digital humanities is extremely important because it can have big implications as to how the data can be used. Under “Explore,”\u00a0historical events are organized into an interactive chart which indicates that historical events must have been categorized by time, location, and event type. Additionally, the “Play” page enhances the depth of information by allowing users to toggle with the data themselves and organize it themselves. This demonstrates that information was carefully curated for each event for the user to be able to interact with it at that level. While the original data set remained largely intact, it is clear that for the final online product it had to be edited, enhanced, and reworked to allow for online interactivity.<\/p>\n

Presentation:<\/p>\n

Data presentation is a tricky business. Done right, it can reveal a lot of information that otherwise was hard to tell. Done poorly, it can hide a lot of implicit biases of the data presenter. In this project, the data is visualized in a grid format – different squares within the grid representing various events. The information is accessible and intuitive, with tutorials and instructions on nearly every page. The interactive interface allows the user to navigate the site easily and allows for a self-guided lesson on history almost like a museum. The site’s dashboard organizes the different pages in clear sections and also functions as a navigation to the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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