Data Visualization | Ashley R. Sanders, Ph.D.

Data Visualization with Tableau

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

View the following videos to create more complex data visualizations, such as stacked timelines and Gantt charts, including mapping in Tableau. Follow along with the sample data linked below. Then try it with your own data. Most importantly, consider what these visualizations mean in the context of your topic and data. [tabby title=Data] Data set 1: Data on the governors and socio-political...

Visualizing Data Silences

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Grappling with missing values in data sets, determining what they mean, and deciding what we should do about them remain challenging tasks for anyone working with data. Here are a few suggestions, examples, and resources as you begin to explore silences in your own data. Stay tuned for more from the Visualizing Hisotry's Fragments project (forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan)! ...

Stats for Humanists | Winter 2021 Syllabus

Posted on March 17, 2021July 8, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

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Course Description This is a learner-centered, project-based, introductory applied statistics course that exemplifies the principle of “data for good,” or putting Data Science and Digital Humanities to work for social justice efforts. Students will choose a data set that is personally meaningful and work with others who are interested in the same issue to generate evidence-based, statistic...

UCLA Talk-Structuring Data to Decolonize History

Posted on November 12, 2017April 27, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Slides: Abstract: In 1827, a scandal involving a fly swatter provided a pretext for the cessation of diplomacy between France and Algiers and, in 1830, the French conquest. The historiography of French Algeria’s violent formation remains focused, almost exclusively, on the actions of French officials. In contrast,this talk presents two case studies – one from an Indigenous perspective, the othe...

HASTAC 2017: Decolonizing History

Posted on October 31, 2017April 20, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Word cloud generated from Algerian resistance leader Ahmed Bye's memoir.

This is a presentation for HASTAC 2017 in Orlando, Florida (November 2-4). Title: Surfacing Indigenous Perspectives on the French Conquest of Algeria in a Graduate DH Course Description: In response to a scandal involving a fly swatter, as well as local social and political turmoil, France invaded Algeria in 1830 and eventually colonized the former Ottoman territory. The history of France’s 1...

Network Visualization with Palladio

Posted on April 6, 2017July 12, 2018 by Ashley R. Sanders

Download the data for this workshop here: NWterritory-Letters-RevisedDates Download a PDF of the slides for handy reference: Network Visualization Workshop