Assignment 10: Reading Response and Interview Prep
1) You looked over two different narrative styles that used visualization to tell stories: (a) The Atlas of Redistricting and (b) Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
(i) Visualizations often help to tell stories. Describe three differences in the storytelling styles of the two examples.
(ii) Both examples allow for a form of comparison. Describe an example of how comparison furthers the narrative in each of the two examples.
2) Find a visualization that you’d like to redesign, or use examples from these links:
https://www.worldprivacyforum.org/category/maps-apps-visualizations/
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/
3) Now hand-draw (on paper!) a new version or sketch of that visualization, identifying either a new point of emphasis or including a new stream of complementary data. How would your new visualization change the narrative? Feel free to imagine a rendering of data you don’t have access to (but can imagine exists, e.g. the number of hospitals, tests per community, etc.) It also doesn't have to be about COVID-19, it could be about your research topic!
4) Include a link to the original visualization you selected for your redesign, and take a photo of your redesign. Post both to your Scalar site.
Part 2:
Interview Prep: Consider someone you would like to interview for your project. Provide their name and contact email. Find and list 2 online resources you used to do background research on this person or the organization they are associated with to prepare for a potential interview with them. In 2-3 sentences, describe who this potential interviewee is, and what perspective you think they would bring to your project, and what you imagine you could ask them about.
Survey Outreach Follow-up: You've emailed at least 3 contacts (5 or more would be better) that you delineated and brainstormed from your Survey Outreach Worksheet. Assess whether you have received any feedback from those contacts. Did any one confirm they sent the survey out? Ask you any questions? Tell you no? In 1-2 sentences, provide a brief status report here. [Note: we will be doing survey outreach follow-up several times over the next few weeks, until the survey closes on November 27.]
Post your Reading Response and Interview Prep and Survey Follow-up to your Scalar page and send us (MACS265TeachingTeam@gmail.com) the link by 12pm (noon) Monday.