Demythologizing the Family Geobiography With Data Visualizations

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe and analyze how data visualization technologies can support a critical examination of and learning about oneself and one’s family history. While the data itself can hold embedded forms of discrimination and bias (Boyd & Crawford, 2014; Johnson 2014; Zou & Schiebinger, 2018), data and visulaizatoin technologies can serve as powerful tools for presenting evidence of historical and institutional prejudice, for interrogating and critiquing status quo, and for offering atlernative solutions for positive change (Donovan, 2012; Watson-Daniels et al., 2020). In this study, we look at how census and demographic data visualization tools can serve as a resource for demythologizing the stories about the family geobiography (Blinded, 2019a) or family migration history in parent-child dyad interactions.

Authors

• Daryl Barry Axelrod, Florida International University

• Jennifer Beth Kahn, University of Miami