The Digital Past

Visualizations

Before class:

• Sign up for an account with Plotly.
• John Theibault, “Visualizations and Historical Arguments,” in Writing History in the Digital Age, edited by Kristen Nawrotzki and Jack Dougherty (University of Michigan Press, 2013).
• Explore the visualizations created by Mike Bostock.

In class:

• Plotly
• Sample Datasets:
  • Bosotn Gymnasiums
• Timeline JS
• Create a Plotly Visualization and a Timeline visualization and post them to your blog.
• Resources:
  • Plotly Documentation
  • Timeline JS Documentation