3. - Our visualization is a heat map that reflects the gender
gap between male and females across the world.
- Based on their access to resources and opportunities.
- Information sourced off 2012 Gender Gap Report,
compiled by the World Economic Forum.
4. To what extent does it
pre-exist our making it
visible?
• Already a well-documented issue.
• Representing the issue visually promotes realisation
of the facts and figures, potentially through shock
value in viewers.
• Not many resources exist that look at the issue as a
whole, usually based on one particular segment.
5. To what extent are we making
it visible?
• Making it visible in terms of facts, figures and
statistics, as opposed to real situations and stories.
• Giving overall view of the issue on a large-scale.
• Global view can lead to further realisations and
thought.
6.
7. Elements of the readings
that parallel to our own
Source: Infothetics.com
8. What works and what doesn't’t with the
ideas/readings we have engaged with? How could
these ideas go further?
• Simplicity
• Aesthetically appealing visualization
• Colour
• Memorable objects
Source: Inforthetics.com
9. What works and what doesn’t with the
ideas/readings we have engaged with? How could
these ideas go further?
Things that don’t work:
- Over-complicating
- Too many lines and
symbols
The audience may dismiss
information completely if it
does not look easy to read or
clear.
10. What difference does it
make to publish such a
visualization?
• Condensing information
and data so that the
audience can easily
understand and interpret.
• Exposes something new
• Efficiently highlights the
concerns, and issues of
gender inequality.
11.
12.
13. In which publics does such a
visualization intervene?
• Public interest vs. Government
and Corporate Interest.
• Continuous misrepresentation
of gender inequality through
the media
• Lack of accountability from
businesses
• Publics which are intervened
are concerned publics
• Our visualization focuses on
fender inequality in Saudi
Arabia, Syria, Morocco, Chad,
Pakistan and Yemen.
