»The Fold: Rethinking Interactivity in Data Visualization« by @vik_bru @markiaaan @nrchtct just got published in @DHQuarterly. It transfers Deleuze’s notion of the fold to #dataviz and derives qualities for humanistic visualization design & critique: digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/14/3/0… (1/5)
Having worked with the concept of monads in visualization before, we really appreciate the depth (and illustrative quality) of Deleuze's »The Fold«. Put briefly, it’s a theory of multiplicity and difference, establishing the fold as the smallest building block of the world. (2/5)
We extend this line of thought to digital information spaces and suggest the fold as a novel lens on knowledge systems and their representation. The associated operations—explication, implication, and complication—open up an evocative design and research vocabulary. (3/5)
From this theory, we derive concrete qualities for visualization design & critique in the #digitalhumanities. It’s an opportunity to think of visualizations as portals into coherent, elastic & infinite information spaces and to conceptualize interaction & encoding in unison.(4/5)
This work wouldn’t have been possible without the help and feedback of many people. Thank you @dielindada @RabeaKleymann @fr_morini @arranarranarran @rogge_jonas @fidelthomet & Lena Zagora. Special thanks to @BrunoLatourAIME, who inspired us to pursue Deleuze and the fold. (5/5)
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