11:00 – 12:00 GMT, Friday 13 March
Ada Lovelace Room (A309), College Building, City St George’s, 280 St John Street, EC1V 4PB
Diverse CDT students Ana, Sian, Tobi and Katie will be running a participatory data physicalisation (PDP) activity as part of ACM-W’s (Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing) International Women’s Day celebration in the School of Science & Technology on Friday 13 March.
Participants will be able to take part in activities inspired by the roles played by women in the history of computing. These include:
- Rose badges – participants will create badges, inspired by Florence Nightingale’s rose diagram, that reflect their computer science backgrounds.
- Data acorns – which provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on role models and construct a tree timeline of when these inspirational women lived.
- Punch card stamping – which will emulate the traditional punch cards used in computing, at a time when women were a major part of the field, albeit often in ‘invisible’ roles.
- Plus various pictographic visualizations and word constructions using a variety of shapes and letters.
Studies suggest that the process of physicalisation – physically representing data – encourages self-reflection through embodied experiences. This feeds into the participants’ exploration of the data itself, aiding their grasp and relationship with it.
The participants will then add the artefacts they have created to a large canvas – creating a physical infographic.
The students are interested in exploring how workshop-style PDP activities like these can create a sense of empowerment and connection amongst participants.
If you would like to participate in this activity, or other events during International Women’s Day, you can book your place. Our session will run from 11:00 until 12:30.