Topics in Dataviz – Digital Humanities Now

Editors’ Choice: We Taught Students to Read Graphs, but We Forgot to Teach Them to Question Themselves

Editors’ Summary: This article shares a mathematics professor’s experience in teaching students how to read graphs. The article discusses important topics like motivated skepticism that, although this article applies them to students’ interpretation of graphs and graph literacy, are applicable to digital literacy, too. The author presents a pedagogical question regarding how, despite us knowing […]

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Editors’ Choice: Designing Mars: Transforming Scientific Data Into Human Understanding

Editors’ Summary: Rhea Shukla’s work combines graphic design seamlessly into data processing and visualization. This project reminds us about visual accessibility: information needs to be made easy for members of the public (and not just for academics) to grasp and understand. This is where skills in graphic design, UI/UX development, and user research come into […]

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Editors’ Choice: From Metrics to Mood: The Emotional Story in a HYROX Race

In the world of sports performance, data is everywhere. Watches track heart rates, apps monitor recovery, and race platforms log every split and second. But when all that data is condensed into a single visual, a story emerges: the numbers stop being neutral—they speak with raw emotion. The aim was to analyse my HYROX performance, […]