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Visualising History

@VizHist

Looking at ways to use data visualisation with historical sources. Tweets from @gj_kemp

 University of St Andrews
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Joined March 2020
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Created this bar chart race of European print centres (1450-1650) - as part of a joint post on the USTC and our VisualisingHistory buff.ly/33pEFq0 project. Read the post for more details pwrb.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/off… #dataviz
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Watch the race to be the largest print centre of early modern Europe! In today's blog, @gj_kemp charts how the centres of book production shifted over time. wp.me/p9AJ9N-XD #bookhistory #digitalhumanities #datavisualization #datavisualisation
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Marsh's Library@MarshsLibrary24 Oct 2022
Among the 100s of reports of #witchcraft in Saducismum Triumphatus (1682) is the account of Irishwoman, Florence Newton, the 'Witch of Youghal', who was arrested for witchcraft in 1661. Her fate remains a mystery due to incomplete trial records #rarebooks #Halloween
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Graeme J. Kemp@gj_kemp13 Oct 2022
If Van Gogh had painted 18th-century book auctions... Fun experiments with AI 🤖and Art 🎨generation. #bookhistory #rarebooks
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Graeme J. Kemp@gj_kemp27 Sep 2022
Want to find out about early modern dedicatory networks but were too afraid to ask 😱 Check out my article in @APettegree's festschrift! Built on a decade of data gathering by @ustc team. buff.ly/3LJB4cG #rarebooks #bookhistory #DataViz
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Graeme J. Kemp@gj_kemp28 Mar 2022
🚨New USTC feature In anticipation the roundtable on female book ownership organised by @martinevanelk, I launched a new facet for female publishers/printers on @universalstc. Looking forward to discussing plans for readership at #RenSA22.#twitterstorians #earlymodern @RSAorg
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Graeme J. Kemp@gj_kemp7 Dec 2021
In celebration of disability history month, @universalstc and @StAndrewsHist have launched a small exhibition 'Disability in Print' ustc.ac.uk/exhibitions - we hope it will lead students to some new materials! 🙏 to @elisewatson_, Tilly Guthrie, @shantigraheli Laura Incollingo
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Not long left on our #CfP for #USTC22!! Proposals can be sent in via this form: forms.office.com/r/LMS0nDhx4… Any questions about the conference can be directed to @JE_Baxter
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We are delighted to announce #USTC22 on Print and Manuscript, co-organised by Falk Eisermann and @JE_Baxter! For more information see: ustc.ac.uk/conference Proposals can be sent via: forms.office.com/r/LMS0nDhx4… #bookhistory #twitterstorians #CfP
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Drew Thomas@DrewBThomas23 Jun 2021
A woodcut of an English coin featuring Henry VIII printed in Ghent c. 1514 next to the real deal. @universalstc 452664 #Tudors #numismatics #woodcutwednesday
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Cédric Scherer@CedScherer26 Apr 2021
ggiraph >>>>> plotly 💪
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Jake Kaupp@jakekaupp23 Apr 2021
#30DayChartChallenge | Day 22 | Animation After doing enough annotated line charts, I redid my day 6 tree submission as an animation. Sizing gifs in {gganimate} was a pain. Code @ bit.ly/2TMiRyW #rstats #r4ds #Dataviz
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Learn about data visualisation on the go. “8 Podcasts for Historians who want to get into data visualisation.” visualisinghistory.org/posts… #twitterstorians #dataviz #earlymodern #bookhistory
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Florence Nightingale, Data Visualization Visionary daily.jstor.org/florence-nig… via @JSTOR_Daily
Florence Nightingale, Data Visualization Visionary - JSTOR Daily

Florence Nightingale, Data Visualization Visionary - JSTOR Daily

The woman who revolutionized nursing was also a mathematician who knew the power of a visible representation of information.

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Graeme J. Kemp@gj_kemp17 Jun 2020
Watch the Spread of European Printing (1450-1650)!!! 🗺️📚🗺️ 1,300 towns mapped! Read more on the Visualising History Blog buff.ly/2YFsMuh Data from @universalstc, made with @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h. #bookhistory #datavisualization #dataviz #maps #twitterhistorians
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Graeme J. Kemp@gj_kemp25 May 2020
In today's visualisinghistory.org post, Giles Bergel looks at how software can be used to help compare and contrast difference in early modern books. 🤖📚🤖 #bookhistory #digitalhumanities #visualization Post: visualisinghistory.org/posts…
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In this shared post with the USTC, @NoraEpstein investigates visualising the transmission of woodcut images! 📈📊🤔 #dataviz #digitalhumanities #datavisualization #datavisualisation Read 'It's all Gucci (and Gessner)': visualisinghistory.org/posts… (Oh and there are cats 🙀😻🙀😻)
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In todays post, @gj_kemp looks at visualising Parisian print in the sixteenth century. Check it out here: visualisinghistory.org/posts… 📈📊📈 #bookhistory #digitalhumanities #datavisualization #datavisualisation #DataViz
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Our first review is up - Historian @richardtbellis looks at The Functional Art by Alberto Cario. visualisinghistory.org/posts… 🤔🤔🤔
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In our latest post, Professor @simon_werrett of University College London discusses second-hand science at auction: visualisinghistory.org/posts… 🧪🧪🧪🔨🔨🔨
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Suzanne Pope@Suzannepope27 Mar 2020
The power of data visualization: The @nytimes breaks all the rules of layout to present a chart showing America’s sudden spike in jobless claims.
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Our second post for Visualising History is now up - @richardtbellis looks at "Visualising Changes between Book Editions Using Juxta Commons" - visualisinghistory.org/posts…
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