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The challenges of developing methods of visualisation in digital humanities projects and what the design profession can contribute
ID Černe Oven, Petra (Author)

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Abstract
Humans are visual creatures. Neuroscience has already shown that we comprehend verbal messages more quickly when they are complemented by visual elements. This is true everywhere to some extent, but especially so in the field of scientific research, where being able to successfully present new discoveries and explain concepts so that they are easily understood is of critical importance. The last thirty years of scientific research in this area have brought important advancements, since facilitating the understanding of scientists’ discoveries is not only desirable but crucial for the democratisation of society and the role of science within it. This paper presents the broader context of the use of visual communication in the field of digital humanities and the importance of visualisation, as well as how tightly it is embedded in a number of technological, social and theoretical currents that are constantly influencing the development of new fields of expertise. The boundaries of the latter are increasingly blurred and most successful projects in the field of visual presentation of complex information are interdisciplinary in nature. In modern working environments, the design tools that had in the past been used by the professionals (artists, designers, architects) can and should be used by everyone. As a result, visualisation often fails to reach its full potential, since the users of the tools for the most part lack education and training in the field of visual communication. The analysis of the material collected from research projects depends to a large extent on its accessibility, logical presentation and clear, understandable and aesthetic visual language. This is especially true for projects that feature complex materials, transcend time periods and geographical areas and are inherently diverse in terms of their visual presentation. The paper aims accordingly to shed light on the possible approaches towards establishing a methodology, which can have an impact on all the interdisciplinary sciences contributing to the project. In other words, the paper looks at the methodological approaches necessary to optimise the presentation of the project’s results and points the way to possible future improvements of the project from which it originates.

Language:English
Keywords:visual communication design, visual language, methods, data visualisation, information design, methods
Work type:Other
Typology:1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph
Organization:ALUO - Academy of Fine Arts and Design
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year:2023
Number of pages:Str. [223]-246, 258-259, 267-268
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-149983 This link opens in a new window
UDC:7.01
DOI:10.51938/9789612971427 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:163474691 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:12.09.2023
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Record is a part of a monograph

Title:The culture of the non-aligned : the clash of cultural and political narratives
Editors:Barbara Predan, Daša Tepina
Place of publishing:Ljubljana
Publisher:University of Ljubljana Press
Year:2023
ISBN:978-961-297-143-4
COBISS.SI-ID:160144899 This link opens in a new window

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Language:Slovenian
Title:Izzivi vzpostavljanja metod vizualizacije na projektih digitalne humanistike in kaj lahko k temu prispeva oblikovanje
Abstract:
Ljudje smo vizualna bitja in že nevroznanost je dokazala, da vizualne komponente pomagajo hitreje razumeti vsebino verbalnih sporočil. To velja za vsa področja, vendar je še posebej pomembno za področje znanstvenih raziskav, kjer sta uspešna predstavitev novih odkritij ali jasna in razumljiva razlaga konceptov izjemnega pomena. Znanstveno raziskovanje je na tem področju v zadnjih tridesetih letih naredilo pomembne korake, saj je možnost razumevanja dognanj, do katerih znanstveniki pridejo z raziskovanjem, ne samo želena, temveč tudi nujna za demokratizacijo družbe in vlogo znanosti v njej. Članek predstavi širši kontekst uporabe vizualnih komunikacij na področju digitalne humanistike, predstavi pomen vizualizacije ter njeno vpetost v številne tehnološke, družbene in teoretične tokove, ki ves čas vplivajo na razvoj novih strokovnih področij. Meje le-teh so vedno bolj zabrisane in večina uspešnih projektov, ki pomagajo vizualno predstavljati kompleksne vsebine, so interdisciplinarne narave. Ker oblikovalska orodja, ki so jih v preteklosti uporabljali profesionalci (umetniki, oblikovalci, arhitekti), v sodobnem delovnem okolju lahko in mora uporabljati vsak, vizualizacija pogosto ne doseže vseh potencialov, saj uporabniki orodij večinoma niso poučeni in izobraženi na področju vizualnega. Analiza zbranega gradiva raziskovalnih projektov je v veliki meri odvisna od njegove dostopnosti, logične predstavitve ter jasnega, razumljivega in estetskega vizualnega jezika. To velja sploh za projekte, ki imajo kompleksne materiale, presegajo časovna obdobja, geografska področja in so že v osnovi raznoliki v svoji vizualni prezenci. Članek poskuša zato osvetliti možne vzpostavitve metodologije, ki lahko vpliva na vse interdisciplinarne vede, ki prispevajo v projekt. Povedano drugače, članek se ukvarja z metodološkimi pristopi, ki bi bili potrebni za optimalno predstavitev rezultatov projekta, in nakazuje smeri možnih izboljšav projekta, iz katerega izhaja, v prihodnosti.

Keywords:oblikovanje, vizualni jezik, oblikovanje vizualnih komunikacij, vizualizacija podatkov, raziskave, informacijska mreža

Projects

Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:J7-2606
Name:Modeli in prakse mednarodne kulturne izmenjave Gibanja neuvrščenih: raziskovanje prostorsko-časovnih kulturnih dinamik

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