Data soliloquies
Hamblyn, Richard and Callanan, M.J. (2010) Data soliloquies. London, UK: Slade Press. ISBN 9780903305044.
Abstract
Data Soliloquies is a book about the extraordinary cultural fluidity of scientific data. A wide array of graphs, charts, computer models and other forms of visual advocacy have become inescapable fixtures of public science presentations, though they are often treated as if they were neutral ‘found objects’ rather than elaborate narrative constructions containing high levels of statistical uncertainty. Through a mix of essays and artworks, this witty and engaging book — the result of a collaboration between Richard Hamblyn and Martin John Callanan during their terms as writer and artist in residence at the UCL Environment Institute — examines the theatricality of scientific data display, while critiquing some of the poorly designed statistical wallpaper that surrounds so much public science debate.
Metadata
Item Type: | Book |
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School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
Depositing User: | Administrator |
Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2013 10:07 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:32 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/6254 |
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