[Commlist] Funded PhD opportunity: Data visualisation in practice

    This is a reminder that the University of Greenwich, London, is
    offering a Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for the PhD project:/Data
    visualisation in practice: articulating spatial forms of
    knowledge./This is a fully-funded opportunity (fees + bursary at the
    UKRI rate, for 3 years FT or 6 years PT), and the application
    deadline is fast approaching.

    _Project description_

    While quantitative analysts widely acknowledge that the creation of
    data sets involves selection and interpretation, less critical
    attention has been paid to how the graphical display of data shapes
    understanding. Visualizations of data are neither neutral nor
    transparent – they entail the translation of numerical data into
    spatial forms which can be apprehended as images, thus morphing
    information which may be non-linear and multi-dimensional into forms
    which are determined by the parameters of the human senses.
    Moreover, these processes of visual interpretation are imbued with a
    range of assumptions and cultural biases which require further
    scrutiny, because they contain codes and hierarchies inherited from
    the history of visual culture –for example, presuppositions about
    what constitutes a “scientific image” based on Western notions of
    objectivity (Johanna Drucker, 2020). This raises the question of
    whether visualisation practices could be decolonised to democratise
    knowledge production and communication. We invite proposals for
    practice-led research projects that would contribute to critical
    understanding of data visualization practices by excavating the
    assumptions, articulating how knowledge is transformed in the
    translation from numerical to visual formats, and exploring the
    potentials of using data visualizations to engage diverse audiences
    in current problematics.

    The candidate will contribute to the growth in practice-led digital
    media research in the School of Design and will have access to the
    purpose-built media facilities in our Stockwell Street building and
    will be supported by a supervisory team expertise in media theory,
    digital humanities, and creative practice-research. Articulating
    spatial forms of knowledge data visualizations are an essential
    means of communicating knowledge in the contemporary world.

    Research proposals should identify a specific area of knowledge
    production where data visualisation has potential social, cultural,
    or environmental impact; define a target audience to communicate
    with; and outline a practice-led methodology to test the effects of
    articulating information visually.

    The deadline for applications is 16 September 2022. Further details
    and person specification can be found here:


https://docs.gre.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/292906/vcs-flas-03-22-web-advert-2022-07-15-14-43-09-307.pdf

<https://docs.gre.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/292906/vcs-flas-03-22-web-advert-2022-07-15-14-43-09-307.pdf>

    Details of how to apply:


https://www.gre.ac.uk/research/study/research-studentships-and-scholarships

<https://www.gre.ac.uk/research/study/research-studentships-and-scholarships>

    Link to the admissions portal:

    https://nelson.gre.ac.uk/pls/prod/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon
    <https://nelson.gre.ac.uk/pls/prod/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon>

    Candidates who have questions or would like an informal discussion
    of their proposal prior to submitting their application are welcome
    to contact lead supervisor, Dr Hannah Lammin:(Hannah.Lammin /at/ gre.ac.uk)
    <mailto:(Hannah.Lammin /at/ gre.ac.uk)>

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