Ambiguous Complexity: Visualizations of Big Data in Microbiome Science

Authors

  • Courtney Nguyen University of California Los Angeles

Keywords:

visualization studies, big data, microbiome

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identity the various contexts in which visualizations create inequalities in the realm of big data science. In analyzing the visuals and graphics from two microbiome case studies, it becomes clear that the interplay of the visualizations conflate with the complexities of the data sets from which it was derived.  Continuing visualization studies with interdisciplinary lenses will help reveal more understandings about the inequalities in science and society.

Author Biography

  • Courtney Nguyen, University of California Los Angeles
    UCLA Institute of Genetics and Society - B.A. Human Biology & Society Major; concentration in Medicine and Public Health

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Published

2016-12-26

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Research Articles

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