Data Visualizations Break Down Knowledge Barriers in Public Engagement

Civic Media ◽  
2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Knowledge Barriers ◽  
Data Visualizations

Annie and the Shaman: Exploring Data via Provocative Artifacts

Leonardo ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-187
Author(s):  
Julian Kilker
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Basin And Range ◽  
Visual Data ◽  
Process Information ◽  
Relevant Context ◽  
Atomic Testing ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Data Visualizations

Designed as a “provocative artifact,” the multimedia piece Annie and the Shaman raises questions about how information is collected, archived and employed. The work connects two contexts with notable data histories: Nevada’s aboveground atomic testing and its Basin and Range region. To highlight an empirical engagement with location, audio and visual data from the famous 1953 Annie test was visually integrated into a relevant context on location, rather than composing visuals post hoc. The project proposes onsite data visualizations as a method to encourage researcher and public engagement, especially when original data and process information is included with the exhibit.

Intellectual activism: Using social media to share research and promote public engagement on employee health

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Yamada ◽  
Heidi Hudson ◽  
Garrett Burnett ◽  
David W. Ballard ◽  
Jennifer Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Intellectual Activism

Open Budgetary Meetings Amid a Pandemic: Assessing Connecticut’s Various Pathways to Public Engagement During COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-76
Author(s):  
Jodie Gil ◽  
Jonathan L Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Public Meetings ◽  
Open Meeting

This qualitative analysis of public participation in Connecticut open meetings highlights how Connecticut communities adjusted when the state’s open meeting law was temporarily revised under emergency order during COVID-19. A survey of officials in 95 municipalities found a majority had the same or more participation in budget deliberations during that time. Only about a quarter saw decreased public participation. A closer look at four communities highlights specific challenges and successes during the sudden shift in public meetings. Connecticut’s varied forms of government give multiple perspectives, which can provide insight for other communities looking to expand virtual access to open meetings.

Undoing Difference: Academic Historians and theDownton AbbeyAudience

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Charles Upchurch
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
First World War ◽  
Fan Culture ◽  
World War ◽  
Academic History ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Popular Interest ◽  
The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
The University ◽  
First World

A number of proposals have been put forward in recent years by historians in both the British and American academies for increasing the audience for academic history. In part this is due to the significant reduction in support for history programmes in both countries since the 2008 financial crisis. Absent from those proposals, however, is a call to use the popular interest generated by programmes such as Downton Abbey to foster an appreciation for academic history outside the university. Drawing on theories of fan culture developed within media and cultural studies, this article argues for the compatibility of academic history and communities created by fans. It discusses my experience of using Downton Abbey to lecture on the pre-First World War British voting system, utilising the biographies of the show's characters to demonstrate the ways in which British voting was far more restricted in practice than it seemed. The article argues that even those committed to the most traditional forms of academic history can take advantage of opportunities presented by shows like Downton Abbey. It then explores the connections between this method of public engagement and Judith Butler's arguments in Undoing Gender, which examine how conditions for recognition and communication across ideological and cultural divisions can be created.

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