Can I believe what I see? Data visualisation and trust in the humanities
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Resource type
Journal article
Date published
October 12, 2021
Abstract
Questions of trust are increasingly important in relation to data and its use. The authors focus on humanities data and its visualisation, through analysis of their own recent projects with museums, archives and libraries internationally. Their account connects the specifics of hands-on digital humanities work to larger epistemological questions. They discuss the sources of potential mistrust, and examine how different expectations and assumptions emerge depending on the use and user of the data; they offer a simple schema through which the implications may be traced. It is argued that vital issues of trust can be engaged with through design, which, rather than being conceived as a cosmetic finish, is seen as contributing insights and questions that affect the whole process. The article concludes with recommendations intended to be useful in both theory and practice.
Journal title
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
Volume
46
Issue
4
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
ISSN
0308-0188
eISSN
1743-2790
Date accepted
September 12, 2020
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