We are the Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Creating Demographically Diverse Anthropographics

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dc.contributor.authorDhawka, Priya
dc.contributor.authorHe, Helen
dc.contributor.authorWillett, Wesley
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-27T21:41:43Z
dc.date.available2023-02-27T21:41:43Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractAnthropographics are human-shaped visualizations that aim to emphasize the human importance of datasets and the people behind them. However, current anthropographics tend to employ homogeneous human shapes to encode data about diverse demographic groups. Such anthropographics can obscure important differences between groups and contemporary designs exemplify the lack of inclusive approaches for representing human diversity in visualizations. In response, we explore the creation of demographically diverse anthropographics that communicate the visible diversity of demographically distinct populations. Building on previous anthropographics research, we explore strategies for visualizing datasets about people in ways that explicitly encode diversity—illustrating these approaches with examples in a variety of visual styles. We also critically reflect on strategies for creating diverse anthropographics, identifying social and technical challenges that can result in harmful representations. Finally, we highlight a set of forward-looking research opportunities for advancing the design and understanding of diverse anthropographics.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencyNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)en_US
dc.identifier.citationPriya Dhawka, Helen Ai He, and Wesley Willett. 2023. We are the Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Creating Demographically Diverse An- thropographics. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 14 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581086en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3544548.3581086en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115888
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40773
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.publisher.departmentComputer Scienceen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.subjectanthropographicsen_US
dc.subjectdemographic dataen_US
dc.subjectdiversityen_US
dc.subjectmarginalized populationsen_US
dc.titleWe are the Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Creating Demographically Diverse Anthropographicsen_US
dc.title.alternativeWe are the Dataen_US
dc.typeconference paperen_US
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