traces data visualization from ancient Andean quipu to modern participatory city mapping for a comprehensive historical perspective
analyzes how data visualization intersects with technologies of war, colonialism, and social management to highlight cultural and political dimensions
presents contemporary projects that visualize environmental and urban issues, offering new directions for contemporary practice
provides a critical framework for understanding the history of information design, enabling readers to critically engage with data representation
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Information may be beautiful, but our decisions about the data we choose to represent and how we represent it are never neutral. This insightful history traces how data visualization accompanied modern technologies of war, colonialism and the management of social issues of poverty, health and crime. Discussion is based around examples of
