For the reviewing phase, we would appreciate two things: 1) Review early. We want to ensure that everyone gets at least two good reviews of their work. 2) Don't just review the most popular. Seek out something that needs a review rather than a hot topic (although, by all means, comment on that as well!). To review, go to PCS, select "Reviews", select volunteer to review, select (society=VGTC, conference/journal=VIS2025), and select a number greater than 0 for alt.vis. Click the "Reviews" tab, you should now see a link "Select submissions to review for VIS 2025 alt.vis" under the heading "Open Reviewing", click that link. This will take you to a list of the available papers to review. Check all of the papers you wish to review. This then is the timeline: August 8th (today!): We have opened the reviewing portal. Reviews and discussion should be immediately visible. August 28th: We will close reviewing at 5pm PST Please also feel free to invite your co-authors to review. All are welcome to review.

alt.vis reviewing has begun! This year we have our highest amount of submissions! By quite a bit! And lots of them are really cool!!

If you're curious, come on down to alt.vis and write a review! reviewing is self-selected & opt-in (chaos/open reviewing)

the special issue is out! please read it and join the discussion — what do YOU think is critical his? have we missed a perspective? how can we grow, learn, and build together?

it’s an excellent set of submissions in two parts

you’re always welcome to visit! 🤗

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posters for visualizing knowledge

so so excited to be speaking at VK this year — it’s an amazing line up where folks from around the world will talk about visualizing complexity and resilience ✨

Are you researching in #OpenStreetMap and #Feminism? Do you create #dataviz using #Rstats?

If so, @ccamara.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy and @twm.bsky.social are looking for you! They are seeking a Part-time Research Assistant

+info:
portal.unitemps.com/Search/JobDe...

📆 deadline: 17/06/2025
#job

Input visualizations can be data hunches: annotations drawn on top of a visualization. Or data physicalizations, where tokens are collected and change the visualization as people contribute.

Happy to announce the call for papers for the Input Visualization workshop co-located with @ieeevis.bsky.social

Interested?! For more details, visit the workshop's website at: inputvisualization.github.io/vis2025/

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How might designers and researchers navigate this tension, engaging with quantified (bio)data in corporeal, sensory, collective and anti-solutionist ways?

Let's explore together! Submit your 2–4 page position paper or pictorial to the link above!

Quant representations of the body have become increasingly commonplace, a requisite for many navigating complex health issues, yet also heavily scrutinized under feminist lenses for flattening embodied experiences and perpetuating norms.

Bring your own biodata. Feminist, corporeal, collective approaches to dataied bodies. Workshop at DIS'25. Join us!

Join us at #DIS25 in a workshop on feminist approaches to quantitative (bio)data 🧶🫧🕸️
Bring Your Own Biodata (BYOB): Feminist, Corporeal and Collective Approaches to Datafied Bodies
📍In-person, Funchal, Maidera 5-9 July 2025
More information: beatricevincenzi.com/byob-worksho...

I'm co-organizing a workshop for #C&C2025. Join us to explore intersections of design, decolonial feminisms, and activist knowledge.
June 23 – Online
Submit your story, artwork, or creative format by May 23.
All welcome, no prior experience required. sites.google.com/view/intdesign-as-a-form-of-care

How politics shapes the world’s time zones National identities and rivalries still drive changes

I wrote about how governments set their clocks not just to follow the sun, but also to assert identity, create unity, and distance themselves from rivals www.economist.com/interactive/...

Dataetik explainer YouTube video by Dataetisk Råd

by far the best data ethics video I have seen. the graphic style is 🔥 and the content is comprehensive, nuanced, and easy to understand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0J-...

agh! AGH! I am SO excited this is happening!!!

info.arxiv.org/about/access...

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` i 'm fine '' above him . Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` i 'm fine '' above him .

i have finally entered the 'this is fine' stage of thesis writing.

quick plug for vispubs.com -- it is SO easy to use and a great resource to find publications about visualization. i'm working on my thesis now and it has been beyond helpful.

big shout out to @devlange.bsky.social for making this great repo 🎉

Header of an article titled 'ON BEING A 'FEMINIST HUMAN' IN AN ANTI-RIGHTS ERA' from THE REPUBLIC. The image shows Ama Ata Aidoo and Patricia McFadden in conversation against an orange/coral background with graphic elements. The photo illustration is credited to Ezinne Osueke. Below the headline is the author name 'OLOLADE FANIYI' and date 'MARCH 2, 2025', followed by an introductory paragraph that states: “In an era of accelerating anti-rights movements, our feminist liberation depends not on narrowing the gates of belonging, but on dismantling the very logic of exclusion that has been weaponized against all women.”

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, I wrote this article for republic.com.ng, exploring how African feminist thought invites us to question what it means to be a "feminist human" in an anti-rights era.
republic.com.ng/february-mar...

looking for advice! what storage system do you use to back-up your work? pros/cons?

Apply for 1 of 12 PhD studentships in Data Visualization, start Oct 2025.
diverse-cdt.ac.uk
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Diversity in Data Visualization @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social & @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Funded by EPSRC @ukri.org

"the study concluded that reCAPTCHA has cost society an estimated 819 million hours of human time valued at $6.1 billion in wages while generating massive profits for Google through its tracking capabilities and data collection"

A Fork in the Road AI is an excuse that allows those with power to operate at a distance from those whom their power touches.

"ChatGPT and other Large Language Models are not a decision-making technology, they are decision-removing technologies. They generate text, but most powerfully, they generate pretext."

Wonderful insight by @eryk.bsky.social, as usual.

mail.cyberneticforests.com/a-fork-in-th...

in the process of writing my kappa/thesis — would love any advice, recommendations, or examples that you found helpful! 💗

always here for the gaga takes

Information+ Conference 2025

#info+ 2025 conference announced!! informationplusconference.com/2025/

Googly eyes, pipe cleaners. and pompoms are being used to turn a concept of an alien into a physical data craft exercise.

in the last stint of my phd, i’ve taken a turn toward data crafting & physicalization and gotta say, it’s so much fun 👾🛸

anyone else find presentations with a lot of AI-generated images distracting? 🫣

icebergs & culture in a void are we grasping for what we can't name?

wrote about 3 vis papers that were recently published and bring interesting perspectives about data

open.substack.com/pub/gotdairy...

that was absolutely beautiful! 😻 thanks for sharing!!

in sweden, foreign films/series are not dubbed so i’ve gotten used to subtitles too and now i also don’t like watching movies without them!!

i personally love how the music is described <suspenseful orchestra> <joyful pop>