Topography of Violence: Considerations for Ethical and Collaborative Visualization Design
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2021
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The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Abstract
Based on a collaborative visualization design process involving sensitive historical data and historiographical expertise, we investigate the relevance of ethical principles in visualization design. While fundamental ethical norms like truthfulness and accuracy are already well-described and common goals in visualization design, datasets that are accompanied by specific ethical concerns need to be processed and visualized with an additional level of carefulness and thought. There has been little research on adequate visualization design incorporating such considerations. To address this gap we present insights from Topography of Violence, a visualization project with the Jewish Museum Berlin that focuses on a dataset of more than 4,500 acts of violence against Jews in Germany between 1930 and 1938. Drawing from the joint project, we develop an approach to the visualization of sensitive data, which features both conceptual and procedural considerations for visualization design. Our findings provide value for both visualization researchers and practitioners by highlighting challenges and opportunities for ethical data visualization.
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@article{10.1111:cgf.14285,
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{Topography of Violence: Considerations for Ethical and Collaborative Visualization Design}},
author = {Ehmel, Fabian and Brüggemann, Viktoria and Dörk, Marian},
year = {2021},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/cgf.14285}
}