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What does this visualization (including caption) say about toxics?

Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 9:35am

The visualisation and the caption do not explicitly address toxics, but there is an implicit message of toxic urban development that excludes and differentiates on a racial basis.

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Can you suggest ways to enrich this image to extend its ethnographic import?

Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 9:33am

The image is a little opaque in my view, so the sculpture is hard to make out as well as the map. To extend the ethnographic import of the image, maybe the two sources could be combined in a different way, not only in an overlap? Or maybe there is a way to make both easier to make see.

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Can you suggest ways to elaborate the caption of this visualization to extend its ethnographic message?

Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 9:31am

I would suggest that the caption could be extended to maybe include some of the census data in terms of the total population and also different population groups, and perhaps more ethnographic details such as experiences of residents in different parts of the town, or different ways in which people express their views related to the sculpture. How was it received and how is it viewed now by residents of different parts of the city?

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How does this visualization (including caption) advance ethnographic insight? What message | argument | sentiment | etc. does this visualization communicate or represent?

Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 9:29am

This image juxtaposes a scultpure meant to inspire feelings of confidence in the future, greatness, and progress with census data speaking of a racially divided city. It raises the question of who is includes in this narrative of progress, and at whose expense it may be achieved.

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