Me-ifestos for Visualization Empowerment in Teaching (and Learning?)

Jan Aerts; Wolfgang Aigner; Benjamin Bach; Fearn Bishop; Magdalena Boucher; Peter C.-H. Cheng; Alexandra Diehl; Jason Dykes; Sarah Hayes; Uta Hinrichs; Samuel Huron; Christoph Kinkeldey; Andy Kirk; Søren Knudsen; Doris Kosminsky; Tatiana Losev; Areti Manataki; Andrew Manches; Isabel Meirelles; Luiz Morais; Till Nagel; Rebecca Noonan; Georgia Panagiotidou; Laura Pelchmann; Fateme Rajabiyazdi; Christina Stoiber; Tatiana von Landesberger; Jagoda Walny; Wesley Willett

Me-ifestos for Visualization Empowerment in Teaching (and Learning?)

Jan Aerts
, Wolfgang Aigner
, Benjamin Bach
, Fearn Bishop
, Magdalena Boucher
, Peter C.-H. Cheng
, Alexandra Diehl
, Jason Dykes
, Sarah Hayes
, Uta Hinrichs
, Samuel Huron
, Christoph Kinkeldey
, Andy Kirk
, Søren Knudsen
, Doris Kosminsky
, Tatiana Losev
, Areti Manataki
, Andrew Manches
, Isabel Meirelles
, Luiz Morais

Till Nagel, Rebecca Noonan, Georgia Panagiotidou, Laura Pelchmann, Fateme Rajabiyazdi, Christina Stoiber, Tatiana von Landesberger, Jagoda Walny, Wesley Willett

Amador Bioscience
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
University of Edinburgh
BBC Research & Development
University of Sussex
University of Zurich
City, University of London
Munster Technological University
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
University of Hamburg
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Simon Fraser University
University of St Andrews
OCAD University
The French National Institute for Computer Science (INRIA)
Hochschule Mannheim
University College London
University of Cologne
Carleton University
Canada Energy Regulator
University of Calgary

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Abstract

One sunny June afternoon in a remote castle deep in Saarland, a group of visualization researchers of many stripes — from different countries, disciplines and generations — came together to discuss teaching and learning for empowerment in visualization. Our first order of business in Saarland was to develop a shared vision: a manifesto of sorts that would guide us towards strategies to broaden data visualization skills, make them more common and accessible, and enable this empowerment. That exercise failed. Instead of creating one common manifesto (who are we to do that, anyway?), we took a different, more personal approach. We found things we liked and things we didn’t: inspiration and counter-inspiration, we crafted individual value and commitment statements ("me-ifestos"), we shared these with each other and reflected on them. The process of writing these commitment statements was illuminating and motivating. It was a positive experience with such visceral effects that we want to share the feeling with the visualization community. And so we offer a collection of "me-ifesto" excerpts from the authors and a call to action: we invite you to craft and divulge your own me-ifesto.

Original language	English
Publication date	2022
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Visualization empowerment
Data visualization education
Collaborative manifesto
Commitment statements
Reflection in visualization

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