Ethical Visualization for Impact

Details

Version: 3.0
Date: March 2020

About

Updated version of the method, as presented in the first draft of the Make Me Care paper, presented at HCII DUXU 2020 and published in the HCII Conference Proceedings. This version is adjusted to accommodate the workflows and perspectives of data scientists and scientists. This version was influenced by conversations at and reflections on visits to the Applied University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland, PolyPoly in Berlin, Germany, Svelte Studios in Adelaide, Australia, the University of the Creative Arts, London, United Kingdom, ALOU, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. It was also influenced by insights gained while teaching Taming Treacherous Data at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.

Related writing

Make Me Care: Visualization Ethics in the Sciences and Data Sciences by Katherine Hepworth. HCII DUXU2020 Conference Proceedings

Ethical Design Recommendations for COVID-19 Visualizations by Katherine Hepworth and Amanda Makulec. Nightingale. PDF

This version does not have an associated poster. The most recent poster is available here.

The steps

1 Discover the data

Investigate through analysis

Explore through play

- iterate -

2 Scope the impact

Assess stakes

Establish purpose

Investigate audiences

Determine impact type

- iterate -

3 Develop the frame

Research audience need

Formulate goal

Create frame

Review literature about frame

- iterate -

4 Prepare the dataset

Combine sources

Improve veracity

Structure data

Refine frame

- iterate -

5 Visualize the frame

Review ethics of visualization literature

Determine context

Design visualization

Test frame

- iterate -

6 Publish the visualization

Release visualization

Report process

Measure efficacy

Feedback results

Credits

From Hepworth, K. 2020. (forthcoming) “Make Me Care: Ethical Visualization for Impact in the Sciences and Data Sciences”, HCII Conference 2020 Proceedings.

Development

This method is under continual development. It is the main activity of my sabbatical research.

Acknowledgements

Contributors

The following people assisted with the work of developing this method. Their perspectives have led to the improvements outlined in the current version.

Georgina Rogers
Specific contribution: Discussion of ethical visualization; feedback on 3.0 and poster.

Supporting organizations

The following institutions have supported work on this version.

University of Nevada, Reno
Institutional support: This version was supported by sabbatical leave.

Citation

Hepworth, Katherine. Ethical Visualization for Impact, Version 3.0. (2020). From paper Hepworth, K. 2020(forthcoming). 'Make Me Care: Visualization Ethics in the Sciences and Data Sciences.' HCII DUXU2020 Conference Proceedings. Hepworth, K. & Makulec, A. 2020. 'Ethical Design Recommendations for COVID-19 Visualizations.' Nightingale. May 15, 2020. https://medium.com/p/cb4a2677ae40

License

Ethical Visualization by Katherine Hepworth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://kathep.github.io/ethics.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from personal correspondence with the author.