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This visualization is based off of the photographs that my students had taken during on field trip on april 5th. I wanted to keep this simple so I printed out a large map of all the destinations that we went to that day. From there, I looked at all of the students photographs and gathered five that were “taken” 5 times of more. In other words, students were able to photograph whatever they found interesting, or that they thought would give a viewer information about where we went and about the business’s in general.These images came up the most. I found out from this visualization and from reviewing the photographs that students photographed the green palette very heavily. Far more than they did American made monster studio. On our travels, and after, I have heard that students enjoyed the green palette most. It was interactive, and the owners were kind and approachable. The idea of recycling and being a creator also spoke to my students. I used green to outline the photographs for green palette, and red for the amount of “red coloring” within American made monster. I also marked out where KHS is in a blue marker. I have so much visual data that I could probably create 10 or more visualizations, however we are in the thick of it in terms of the giant cyanotype and working constantly late after school has kept me from focusing on the reviewing of data right now, just the gathering.
Jenn,
I’m glad that you have determined some emergent themes in the photos. I’m wondering how they might serve to tell particular stories about the community in which they reside; perhaps beyond a genera orientation to liking – what other factors may be contributing to this trend in the data? Has these spaces further impacted their views on their community? Revisit your intentions that were outlined/discussed in your HREB application to guide your data analysis. Further, what relationships are generated from the photographs as an evaluative criteria vs. quantity or numeric value. I’d be curious to learn what the outlying photographs say – or expose vs. those that occur most regularly. There might be stories being told that represent a minority position, which may illuminate a finding that you weren’t in search of. Also consider your use of the photos as finished and polished visualization. I appreciate the mapping and color-collating as it resonates with one of the pieces I had done a while back, but how might you leverage layering and multiple images to illuminate particular stories?
Kevin