Visualising History

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

[Visualising History @VizHist]

Created this bar chart race of European print centres (1450-1650) - as part of a joint post on the USTC and our VisualisingHistory https://t.co/6Szl135KKN project. Read the post for more details https://t.co/eKLkjNicCU #dataviz

[Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) 📖🔍 @universalstc]

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.

https://t.co/inlaOXmLb6

#bookhistory #digitalhumanities #datavisualization #datavisualisation

[Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary]

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

[Graeme J. Kemp @gj_kemp]

If Van Gogh had painted 18th-century book auctions...
Fun experiments with AI 🤖and Art 🎨generation. #bookhistory #rarebooks

[Graeme J. Kemp @gj_kemp]

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. https://t.co/Xk0mubu3yt #rarebooks #bookhistory #DataViz

[Graeme J. Kemp @gj_kemp]

🚨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

[Graeme J. Kemp @gj_kemp]

In celebration of disability history month, @universalstc and @StAndrewsHist have launched a small exhibition 'Disability in Print' https://t.co/6SJAnF2VVV - we hope it will lead students to some new materials! 🙏 to @elisewatson_, Tilly Guthrie, @shantigraheli Laura Incollingo

[Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) 📖🔍 @universalstc]

Not long left on our #CfP for #USTC22!!

Proposals can be sent in via this form: https://t.co/7Z3UlakhWO

Any questions about the conference can be directed to @JE_Baxter

[Drew Thomas @DrewBThomas]

A woodcut of an English coin featuring Henry VIII printed in Ghent c. 1514 next to the real deal. @universalstc 452664 #Tudors #numismatics #woodcutwednesday

[Cédric Scherer @CedScherer]

ggiraph >>>>> plotly 💪

[Jake Kaupp @jakekaupp]

#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 @ https://t.co/1BhlhPnYyC #rstats #r4ds #Dataviz

[Visualising History @VizHist]

Learn about data visualisation on the go. “8 Podcasts for Historians who want to get into data visualisation.”

https://t.co/SFzDiVji3j

#twitterstorians #dataviz #earlymodern #bookhistory

[Visualising History @VizHist]

Florence Nightingale, Data Visualization Visionary https://t.co/ZhgBW2cf16 via @JSTOR_Daily

[Graeme J. Kemp @gj_kemp]

Watch the Spread of European Printing (1450-1650)!!! 🗺️📚🗺️
1,300 towns mapped! Read more on the Visualising History Blog https://t.co/m0goxF8zc9
Data from @universalstc, made with @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h.
#bookhistory #datavisualization #dataviz #maps #twitterhistorians

[Graeme J. Kemp @gj_kemp]

In today's https://t.co/B1y8Pfr4JL post, Giles Bergel looks at how software can be used to help compare and contrast difference in early modern books.
🤖📚🤖 #bookhistory #digitalhumanities #visualization
Post: https://t.co/KhQ91kzMB2

[Visualising History @VizHist]

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)':
https://t.co/Nj3TNiC4YQ

(Oh and there are cats 🙀😻🙀😻)

[Visualising History @VizHist]

In todays post, @gj_kemp looks at visualising Parisian print in the sixteenth century.

Check it out here: https://t.co/z3aOdLbJuO

📈📊📈

#bookhistory #digitalhumanities #datavisualization #datavisualisation #DataViz

[Visualising History @VizHist]

Our first review is up - Historian @richardtbellis looks at The Functional Art by Alberto Cario.

https://t.co/mRscpaZ42o

🤔🤔🤔

[Visualising History @VizHist]

In our latest post, Professor @simon_werrett of University College London discusses second-hand science at auction:
https://t.co/ko0LPKyS4t

🧪🧪🧪🔨🔨🔨

[Suzanne Pope @Suzannepope]

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.

[Visualising History @VizHist]

Our second post for Visualising History is now up - @richardtbellis looks at "Visualising Changes between Book Editions Using Juxta Commons" - https://t.co/qKJCwXeYAO