The fragile framework

Monastersky, R.; Sousanis, Nick

doi:10.1038/527427a

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“…While we can find many examples of data stories that include some elements of comics (juxtaposition, combination of text and image, etc), very few examples exist that combine these components into a fully fledged data comic. Nature provides a high quality example on the challenges of climate change [44] in 2015 combining data visualization, narration, linear-andnon linear flow, into a compelling, visually striking and even emotional piece. Cisneros created an interactive comic using Tableau Graphics [16].…”

Section: Comics For Data-oriented Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This combination opens up a large potential for expressive storytelling with data visualizations. While few examples [44,12] of data comics exist, there are no guidelines, methodologies or tools that help crafting them. To facilitate the creation of data comics and to inform the design of interactive and eventually semi-automated design tools, this paper proposes a set of design patterns for data comics.…”

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Design Patterns for Data Comics

Bach

Wang

Farinella

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Data comics for data-driven storytelling are inspired by the visual language of comics and aim to communicate insights in data through visualizations. While comics are widely known, few examples of data comics exist and there has not been any structured analysis nor guidance for their creation. We introduce data-comic design-patterns, each describing a set of panels with a specific narrative purpose, that allow for rapid storyboarding of data comics while showcasing their expressive potential. Our patterns are derived from i) analyzing common patterns in infographics, datavideos, and existing data comics, ii) our experiences creating data comics for different scenarios. Our patterns demonstrate how data comics allow an author to combine the best of both worlds: spatial layout and overview from infographics as well as linearity and narration from videos and presentations.

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Section: Comics For Data-oriented Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design Patterns for Data Comics

Bach

Wang

Farinella

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

121

116

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“…Although the international scientific community had discussed anthropogenic warming since the 1960s, the publication of the IPCC's (2007) Fourth Assessment report, which stated that global warming is "unequivocal" and due to human activities (>90 percent; Weart 2019) both called for action by governments to limit carbon emissions and had a significant impact on attitudes about climate change in the United States (Borick and Rabe 2010). The global scale of the problem and the mismatch between the countries causing climate change and those experiencing impacts in the late 2000s, however, led to failures in developing an international treaty to address this issue (Monastersky and Sousanis 2015). In 2006 and 2007, in the United States, the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) was launched to increase research and teaching in higher education on stabilizing Earth's climate.…”

Section: Climate Change Education In the Anthropocenementioning

confidence: 99%

Geographic Education in the Anthropocene: Cultivating Citizens at the Neoliberal University

Naylor

Veron

2020

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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In the Anthropocene, the charge to address climate change has been taken up by youth. From the landmark climate lawsuit filed in 2015 by twenty-one young people to secure the legal right to a safe climate to the thousands of climate marches and school strikes that took place in 2018 and 2019, young people are making their voices heard. Many undergraduate students enter universities passionate about solving problems related to the changing climate; however, they arrive at a site of conflicting values about education. As the university increasingly treats students as customers, the ability to educate and foster a new generation of climate change-informed and action-oriented citizens is challenged. In this article, we ask how we cultivate citizens in the geography classroom in the Anthropocene. Drawing on our experience cocreating and teaching a climate change and food security class for sophomores, we examine this question to understand the place of geographic education in the neoliberal university in the Anthropocene. Here, we detail an example of coteaching and using a problem-based learning task based on pressing climate change issues as a way of modeling and practicing problem solving that reinforces students' identification as agents who can act in a climate-changing world. We find that teaching from both a climate science and social or cultural perspective is an important component of students considering where they fit in the Anthropocene. In this article, we offer a model for geography educators for integrative educational experiences, translating student passion for solving problems into momentum toward change.

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“…Moreover, research results have been published in the form of comic books, to better reach target audiences (e.g., Dahl, Morris, Brown, Scullion, & Somerville, 2012;Vigurs, Jones, & Harris, 2016); and the first PhD thesis has been published as a comic book (Sousanis, 2015). Even highly regarded scientific journals such as Nature have published comics (Monasterski & Sousanis, 2015). These examples show that drawn images, including comics, are increasingly used to make research accessible to a broader public and to promote engagement with the issues raised.…”

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Using Comic-Style Posters for Engaging Participants and for Promoting Researcher Reflexivity

Darnhofer

2018

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Visual methods, including drawn images such as comics, are receiving increasing attention in qualitative research. Indeed, comics are a highly accessible form of visual data, and through the intermingling of words and images they are well suited to convey the multidimensionality of real life. Drawing on a research project, I reflect on the potential of comic-style posters to engage participants in a workshop setting. The aim was to receive feedback on preliminary results, and the posters were very effective to fuel discussions, thus promoting social sense-making. Moreover, the process of designing the comic posters encouraged reflexivity within the research team. The work of visualizing results spurred discussions and surfaced implicit assumptions tied to methods for analyzing data and communicating results. These experiences indicate the creative potential of comic-style drawings for encouraging a more playful approach to discuss and share results of qualitative research with diverse audiences.

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The fragile framework

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Design Patterns for Data Comics

Design Patterns for Data Comics

Geographic Education in the Anthropocene: Cultivating Citizens at the Neoliberal University

Using Comic-Style Posters for Engaging Participants and for Promoting Researcher Reflexivity

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