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"Data and data visualisations – in the forms of graphs, charts and maps – are becoming an increasingly important feature of social, public and political life. Yet within existing scholarship, the democratic significance of data visualisations has thus far received minimal attention. This article ... more

Cartooning for Peace = Dessins pour la Paix

Paris: Cartooning for Peace (2023)
"Cartooning for Peace is an international network of committed press cartoonists who use humour to fight for respect for cultures and freedoms: 344 cartoonists in 78 countries [...] Our values. Cartooning for Peace is attached to the respect for pluralism of cultures and opinions. In the events we ... more

Bridging Journalism’s Data Viz Accessibility Gap

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 28 pp.
"Making a visual format accessible for people who can’t see is challenging, but there’s a huge community already invested in working out viable solutions. The tension that remains for them is in receiving a clear mandate for this work from senior leaders within organisations. Accessibility champ ... more
"Through a combination of scientific and community activity, our environment is increasingly registered and documented as data. Given the expanding breadth of this digital domain, it is crucial that scholars consider the problems it presents as well as its affirmative potential. This article, arisin ... more
"This book details essential strategies to create more effective data visualizations. Jonathan Schwabish walks readers through the steps of creating better graphs and how to move beyond simple line, bar, and pie charts. Through more than five hundred examples, he demonstrates the do's and don'ts of ... more

Data Visualization in Society

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 464 pp.
"This book is a contribution to the multi-disciplined and multi-faceted conversation concerning the forms, uses and roles of data visualization in society. Do data visualizations do 'good' or 'bad'? Do they promote understanding and engagement, or do they do ideological work, privileging certain vie ... more

Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley (2020), xvi, 427 pp.
"Each chapter starts with a brief recap of the key lessons that are covered in storytelling with data. This is followed by: 'practice with Cole': exercises based on real-world examples posed for you to consider and solve, accompanied by detailed step-by-step illustration and explanation; 'practice o ... more
"En el proyecto PLAID se realizaron cursos de capacitación en vídeo para agricultores y consultores. Las experiencias obtenidas en estos cursos constituyen la base de esta guía. En ella se dan consejos sobre cómo producir vídeos informativos utilizando medios sencillos. Esta guía sigue los tre ... more
"This handbook provides guidelines on the practice and ethics of participatory visual methods (PVM) with emphasis on their use in low and middle income countries (LMIC) for community and public engagement in health and health science. The guidelines are drawn from the hands-on experience of the auth ... more

Infographics, New Media and Media Consumption Habits in Nigeria

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 52 pp.
"This study engages in a comparative analysis of the history, importance, and benefits of infographics, in general, and in the media, in particular in Nigeria. It looks at the history of the Nigerian press, as well as the scale of use of infographics and new media tools in communicating business sto ... more

Para hacer historietas

Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), octava ed. corregida y aument. (2019), 309 pp.
"La primera edición de 'Para hacer historietas' es de 1978 y nació de la experiencia de los talleres que Juan Acevedo impartió en el entonces naciente Villa El Salvador. El libro alcanzó repercusión internacional gracias a sus ediciones españolas, alemanas y brasileñas. Agotado hace más de 2 ... more

This is Not an Atlas: A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies

Bielefeld: transcript;Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2018), 352 pp.
"This Is Not an Atlas gathers more than 40 counter-cartographies from all over the world. This collection shows how maps are created and transformed as a part of political struggle, for critical research or in art and education: from indigenous territories in the Amazon to the anti-eviction movement ... more
"Visualizing thought processes can help break down complex problems. It empowers teams and staff to build on one another's ideas, fosters collaboration, jump-starts co-creation and boosts innovation. This book will help brush aside misconceptions that may have prevented you using these techniques in ... more
"Debates about the visual representations of global poverty have been going on for many years, yet the experiences and views of those featured have been notably absent. 'The People in the Pictures' addresses that gap. Save the Children commissioned research in the UK, Jordan, Bangladesh and Niger, t ... more

Storytelling for Interactive Digital Media and Video Games

Boca Raton, Fl.: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis (2017), xv, 280 pp.
"This book is the perfect guide to aspiring storytellers as it illustrates the different manner of how and why stories are told, and how to make them "interactive." Storytelling features heavy game development as a method of storytelling and delivery, and how to develop compelling plots, characters, ... more
"PhotoVoice: A creative and effective tool for purposes such as monitoring, participatory research, data collection and capacity building. This guide has been developed to help you prepare, organise and facilitate a PhotoVoice training course in low, middle and high-income countries." (Back cover)

Data Visualizations Break Down Knowledge Barriers in Public Engagement

In: Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice
Eric Gordon; Paul Mihailidis (eds.)
Cambridge, Mass; London: MIT Press (2016), pp. 165-197