Data and automation in scientific visualization rendering: operational images at Hesse Meteorological Station

Authors

  • Marcio Telles Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Luiza Carolina dos Santos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2020.223.05

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the ways of seeing through software visualizations in scientific investigations, examining the processes that generate visualizations in a meteorological station in Germany. By clarifying the mediality of these technical images, we contradict the argument made by Chris Anderson that computational would have broader access to the real, which would oust theoretical inquiry from the sciences. With the theoretical contribution of Crary, Farocki, Flusser and Edwards, we argue that computational images are produced algorithmically after the data collection, carrying with it their theoretical and epistemological assumptions which become concealed when one does not takes into account this level of mediation. We consider data acquisition, image rendering and observation as three separate processes that, together, form a specific medial “configuration” to scientific visualization. We conclude by reaffirming the importance of Media Studies and Digital Humanities in the study of visualization mediated by computational materialities.

Keywords: Computational images. Digital humanities. Rendering.

Author Biographies

Marcio Telles, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor e Mestre em Comunicação e Informação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, com estágio doutoral na Winchester School of Arts, Universidade de Southampton (Reino Unido). Recebeu Prêmio Compós na categoria Melhor Dissertação (2014) e 2º lugar no Prêmio Freitas Nobre da Intercom (2017). Bacharel em Jornalismo pela UFRGS.

Luiza Carolina dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutra em Comunicação e Informação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Mestre em Comunicação Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Especialista em Economia da Cultura (UFRGS) e Bacharel em Jornalismo (Universidade de Passo Fundo).

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Published

2020-11-18

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2020): Setembro/Dezembro

Section

Dossiê

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