In the Pursuit of Knowledge, There Be Dragons by danah boyd

In the Pursuit of Knowledge, There Be Dragons by danah boyd

BCNM alum danah boyd was the keynote speaker at IEEE VIS 2021, where she discussed data visualization and the legitimacy of data.

You can now read the talk online! From danah's talk:

Visualizations are powerful tools. They allow us to explore data, to make sense of what our data might be hiding about themselves. They allow us to communicate data, revealing aspects to data that are hard to grasp. They can also be used to assert authority, in both productive and dangerous ways.

See the full script of danah boyd's talk here!