Leerdoelen
At the core of this course is a team project about data visualization. After completion of this course the student:
- has gained experience with the conceptual and practical development of a new media project in a multidisciplinary development team.
- has knowledge of the various possibilities and aspects of exploring data through interactive visuals.
- is able to comment critically on new developments and challenges in the field of data visualization, and their contextualization within new media theory.
Inhoud
Central to this course is the “data society” – the increasing public availability of databases and the increasing role of (interactive) data visualization in public discussions of data. Examples of existing data visualization projects are at
http://infosthetics.com/archives/infovis/ and some thoughts on data visualization are at
http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/tag/information-visualization/.
In this course students are working in a multidisciplinary team with MA-students in computer science and graphic design. The team will develop an interactive application for the visualization of self-chosen data. Parallel to this team work, there are seminar meetings twice a week, and a number of individual assignments. In addition, every media student writes a short paper contextualizing the team project within new media theory. An impression of the course work in recent years is at
http://tinyurl.com/infovis-2010 and
http://tinyurl.com/infovis-2009 and
http://tinyurl.com/infovis-2008 .
Aanmelden
For registration periods, see academic calendar 2011-2012:
http://www.hum.uva.nl/gsh-before-arrival/object.cfm/94E33A87-1321-B0BE-6839E62DB3C8F03D
Rules and regulations for course registration:
http://www.hum.uva.nl/object.cfm/1A80EAFC-1321-B0BE-68554B7E4B8C80C6.
Onderwijsvorm
Seminars plus project team-meetings
Onderwijstijden
Two meetings a week of 4 hours each, plus project team meetings
Studiemateriaal
To be announced
Kosten
Purchase of literature
Toetsvorm
Intermediate project presentation (team, 10%), paper contextualizing the team project within new meda theory (individual, 25%), two blog postings (individual, 15%), final public project presentation (team, 10%), final application (team, 30%), short project conclusion report (team, 10%).
Bijzonderheden
For further information, contact Y. Engelhardt.
This course is open to students from the Film Studies and Television Studies tracks. However, without a proper preparation, it is not advisable to register for this course.
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