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Can I believe what I see? Data visualization and trust in the humanities (2021)

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Epistemology Arts and humanities Research design Data analysis Trust Research methods Digital humanities Visualization

Questions of trust are increasingly important in relation to data and its use. The authors focus on humanities data and its visualization, through analysis of their own recent projects with museums, archives and libraries internationally. Their account connects the specifics of hands-on digital humanities work to larger epistemological questions. They discuss the sources of potential mistrust, and examine how different expectations and assumptions emerge depending on the use and user of the data; they offer a simple schema through which the implications may be traced. It is argued that vital issues of trust can be engaged with through design, which, rather than being conceived as a cosmetic finish, is seen as contributing insights and questions that affect the whole process. The article concludes with recommendations intended to be useful in both theory and practice.

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Authors & Contributors
Adelusi-Adeluyi, Ademide
Timothy Compeau
Casini, Silvia
Flis, Ivan
Wythoff, Grant
Sinachopoulos, Dimitris
Journals
History of Psychology
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
e-Perimetron: International Web Journal on Sciences and Technologies Affined to History of Cartography and Maps
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Publishers
MIT Press
University of Michigan Press
University of Minnesota
Concepts
Digital humanities
Data analysis
Research methods
Psychology
Visualization
Data collection; methods
People
Skinner, Burrhus Frederic
Morley, Edward Williams
Michelson, Albert Abraham
Latour, Bruno
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
Ancient
20th century, early
Places
Lagos, Nigeria
Utrecht (Netherlands)
Scotland
United States
Greece
Institutions
University of Aberdeen
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