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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>In this context have a look at Alan Blackwell’s work:<BR>
<a href="http://">http://</a>www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~afb21/vital/index.html<BR>
<a href="http://">http://</a>www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~afb21/CognitiveDimensions/index.html<BR>
<a href="http://">http://</a>www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/<BR>
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Alan’s work turns the idea of visualisation on its head. Rather than looking at how data can be visualised using computer modelling this looks at how visual information can be used to build computer (and other kinds of) models.<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Christian Sandvig <<a href="christian.sandvig@gmail.com">christian.sandvig@gmail.com</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:04:47 -0600<BR>
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<B>Subject: </B>[iDC] Theories of Information Visualization<BR>
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This is not exactly what you are looking for lilly but it might be useful anyway. Last year with Eric Gilbert's help I tried to teach: what you need to see if you want to learn about visualization and you only have two class meetings. This appears in the syllabus for my graduate course, "Unorthodox Research Methods." Scroll down to the meetings marked: Visualization I and II (10/30, 11/06). <BR>
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Unorthodox Research Methods <BR>
<a href="http://pactlab-dev.spcomm.uiuc.edu/classes/08FA/529/">http://pactlab-dev.spcomm.uiuc.edu/classes/08FA/529/</a> <BR>
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This list of readings and visualizations worked OK but I would love any additional suggestions.<BR>
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On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:11 PM, lilly nguyen <<a href="lillynguyen@ucla.edu">lillynguyen@ucla.edu</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi all,<BR>
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I am looking to provide an overview of approaches and theories to information visualization and am unsure of where to start. Do any of you IDC-listers have recommendations for sources, scholars, and texts? I am currently working on a project with Alan Liu at UC Santa Barbara and we are interested in getting a birds-eye view of various theoretical approaches to visualization as we embark on some of our own visualization work. <BR>
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Thanks so much!<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#888888"><FONT SIZE="1"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:9pt'>lilly nguyen<BR>
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dept. of information studies | ucla<BR>
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aim: deuxlits<BR>
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