If you’ve ever loaded a research dataset into Tableau, you’ve probably been a bit intimidated. The interface templates are set up to analyze things like “Regional Sales” or “Shipping Costs,” …
Breaking Tableau Out of the Boardroom
Author: Anna Corbett
Maps for Multi-Sensorial Learning
In one of my seminar classes last week, a peer made a passing critique of cartographic methods, commenting that cartographers have a bias toward visuality over other modes of interfacing …
Hidden Costs of AI and the Case for Luddite Thinking
In conversations about technology, being called a Luddite is a big insult. Colloquially, it refers to a kind of technophobic kook who’s morally against technological development. But in my opinion, …
6 Tools for Digital Safety in the Age of Surveillance
6 Tools for Digital Safety in the Age of Surveillance In response to the past year of anti-genocide student protests across NYC, Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged $3 million dollars to …
Digital tools and military technology– Reflections on AI amidst genocide
In the past few years, conversations about data ethics have taken up a place of central importance in the fields of digital humanities and geography. We’ve become increasingly aware of …
Mapping and its Discontents
Maps are an incredibly useful tool. They allow us to both analyze and communicate our research, and help us easily decide between (and then change) the various qualities, behaviors, attributes, …
