This challenge invites participants to draw on the insights of feminist visualization to create data visualizations that help us understand the development, dissemination, and effects of public information campaigns (PICs) as a strategy of border enforcement. Participants will be provided access to data sets compiled as part of the National Science Foundation Funded Project Examining Public Information Campaigns as a Strategy of Border Enforcement led by Drs. Jill Williams (University of Arizona) and Kate Coddington (University at Albany-SUNY) and are also encouraged to seek out and utilize publicly available data as needed.
Some questions participants might explore through data analysis and visualization include:
Click HERE to register to participate and gain access to the datasets.
Participants new to feminist visualization are highly encouraged to attend the panel on Feb. 26 and/or the first workshop session by Meghan Kelly on March 3rd. These events will provide useful introductions to what makes feminist approaches to visualization unique.
Deadline for submissions is April 9th, 2021.
Prizes: Submissions will be evaluated on the ability to convey information in a meaningful and aesthetically appealing way and the degree to which the visualization embodies/reflects feminist approaches to visualization and relates to the specific award categories. Cash awards of $100 will be provided to winners in five different categories: Making Connections, Fostering Collaboration; Embracing Failure; Documenting the Process; Visualizing Power; and (Re)Imagining the Border.
Eligibility: This competition is open to anyone. Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to compete, as well as individuals who are not enrolled in institutions of higher education. Due note that due to institutional restrictions we are (ironically) only able to provide cash awards to individuals who hold a US social security number or individual tax identification number.
Weekly Office Hours: Drs. Williams and Coddington will be available weekly on Mondays from 1-2pm AZ time/3-4 EST to meet with challenge participants via zoom to answer questions and help trouble-shoot challenges that arise. Participants will also be added to a workspace on Slack to communicate with each other and collaborate.
Please contact Jill at [email protected] with questions.
Some questions participants might explore through data analysis and visualization include:
- What is the relationship between PICs and the economic, social, and political processes that drive unauthorized migration?
- What stories are told through PICs and how do these stories relate to experiences of migrants and refugees?
- What are the economic, social, and political networks that enable the development and distribution of PICs?
- How has the geography of PICs changed over time and why?
- How do PICs alter dominant understandings of where and how border enforcement plays out?
Click HERE to register to participate and gain access to the datasets.
Participants new to feminist visualization are highly encouraged to attend the panel on Feb. 26 and/or the first workshop session by Meghan Kelly on March 3rd. These events will provide useful introductions to what makes feminist approaches to visualization unique.
Deadline for submissions is April 9th, 2021.
Prizes: Submissions will be evaluated on the ability to convey information in a meaningful and aesthetically appealing way and the degree to which the visualization embodies/reflects feminist approaches to visualization and relates to the specific award categories. Cash awards of $100 will be provided to winners in five different categories: Making Connections, Fostering Collaboration; Embracing Failure; Documenting the Process; Visualizing Power; and (Re)Imagining the Border.
Eligibility: This competition is open to anyone. Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to compete, as well as individuals who are not enrolled in institutions of higher education. Due note that due to institutional restrictions we are (ironically) only able to provide cash awards to individuals who hold a US social security number or individual tax identification number.
Weekly Office Hours: Drs. Williams and Coddington will be available weekly on Mondays from 1-2pm AZ time/3-4 EST to meet with challenge participants via zoom to answer questions and help trouble-shoot challenges that arise. Participants will also be added to a workspace on Slack to communicate with each other and collaborate.
Please contact Jill at [email protected] with questions.