Visualization for Social Good

https://vis4good.github.io/

2020-10-30T16:00:00Z – 2020-10-30T17:30:00Z

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After reflection on the Visualization for Social Good tutorial at IEEE VIS 2019, we noticed a perception that work using the power of visualization to further the public good was under-studied or otherwise not part of the main VIS conference. At the same time, there is a growing “techlash” that highlights the potential of data science (and data visualization) as tools for reinforcing structures of inequality and injustice. We envision this panel to function as a way of airing these competing viewpoints and providing guidance on how the visualization community should use their power and responsibilities in the world. As such, we have centered our panelists’ statements around response to a single question: What role (if any) should data visualization play in effecting positive change in the world?