Humanizing DataAn Interpretation of Johanna Drucker’s UCLA lecture

“From Data to Capta” Oct. 16, 2009

Humanistic Interpretation is Rooted in Subjectivity

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It Uses Humans as the Point of Reference for Understanding the World

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Recently Humanist Have Been Completely Investing in the Use of Desktop Publishing Tools for the REPRESENTATION of DATA

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“REPRESENTING” Suggests that Data is a

Pre-Existing Circumstance Rather Than a Circumstance that Exists According to an

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There is a Need for a Shift from OBJECTS and SPACES to CONDITIONS and SITUATIONS

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We Need Different Tools for the Humanities Within the Digital Realm

How can we design for the masses when everyone has different conditions and experiences?

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It is Thrilling to Re-imagine How Humanistic Endeavors Will Be Addressed In an

Environment Where Design is So Broadly Understood

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What Is the Human/Machine Balance?

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How Do You Show That This Square Was a Person, With a

Family and a Job?

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How Do You Show Distance and Time as Experiential?

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Finally, is it More Productive to Read Data as Simply as Possible and Create our Own

Interpretation or Through An Individual’s Interpretation of It?

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Thank You!

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