Sense & Scale

A site to explore cultures, cities, and computing at varying senses and scales. Updated by Ar Ducao, with content from classes at NYU, MIT, CUNY and more.

Contact: see syllabi

Author: arlduc

  • Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. NYU Libraries: Upcoming tutorial classes on data visualization, analysis, and management software NYU Libraries Digital Humanities Flyer. Locative Media as Participatory Archives of Civic Engagement Agenda Check-ins Workshop Time Guest speaker:…

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  • Phase 1 Project, due October 4 Note: Keywords are highlighted in orange.  Develop a polished, accessible interactive visualization(s) of a pre-approved dataset for a general audience with no previous knowledge of the data. CHECKLIST: Dataset approved: You must receive approval to use the dataset by October 1 OR use a…

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  • Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. MIT CREATE Mozilla Hive NYC CSforAll Agenda Guest Speaker: Kate Mytty of MIT CREATE. Some examples that might be relevant: https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/462297 https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4062045 Guest Speaker: Rafi Santo of NYU and CSforAll. Vis…

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  • Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. http://www.urbanmakereconomy.org/ http://www.bostonhousing.org/ 2018 Community Partners and Student Blogs now posted (see class menu) Agenda Guest Speaker: Laura Wolf-Powers on Urban Makers. Guest Speaker: Jonathan Tarleton from Boston Housing Authority. A Brief…

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  • in alphabetical order by last name Simin Gu Chian Huang Yan Huang Richelle Newby Emilie Shen Yuanyuan (Nicole) Song Jingyuan (Evelyn) Xu Steven (Dong Woo) Yoo Zhenwen (Wayne) Zhang  

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  • Confirmed Partners Accountability Project (contact: Ryan Schlief) Data: https://ewsdata.rightsindevelopment.org/login/?next=/projects/ Since we have a mix of data, including community generated and scraped ‘public’ data, the project could involve 1) pulling together our community generated data (via survey monkey) in 5 countries to discover commonalities and differences in how communities experience development projects. (Ex…

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  • Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links as food for thought. Example Vis: Transit Visualization Client, Conversation Concept Map, MIT ML Pantheon Example Data Source: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), NYC Open Data Example application of data visualization: The Next America, The Search for High Energy…

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  • Data Visualization For The Community [Formerly Data Visualization from 2D to 4D] DM-GY 9103-C, Fall 2018 Prof. Arlene Ducao, arlduc [at] nyu.edu Thursdays, 3:30-6:20 PM 2 Metrotech, Room 820 Overview What is data visualization? Why and how do we do it? Who do we do it for? This course will…

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  • Announcements Reminder of Final Presentation Requirements: Your presence in class. 10 minutes of presentation. Start with your final object and story (~5 min) Walk us through the ideation, iteration, and prototyping process of the past several weeks (~5 min) A slideshow (e.g. powerpoint, keynote, google slides) is recommended. 5 minutes…

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  • Announcements Final Presentation Requirements: Your presence in class. 10 minutes of presentation. Start with your final object and story (~5 min) Walk us through the ideation, iteration, and prototyping process of the past several weeks (~5 min) A slideshow (e.g. powerpoint, keynote, google slides) is recommended. 5 minutes discussion with…

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