{"id":2770,"date":"2015-03-16T03:23:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T11:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owenmundy.com\/blog\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2015-11-30T12:09:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:09:17","slug":"upcoming-workshop-at-fsu-i-know-where-your-cat-lives-the-process-of-mapping-big-data-for-inconspicuous-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owenmundy.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/upcoming-workshop-at-fsu-i-know-where-your-cat-lives-the-process-of-mapping-big-data-for-inconspicuous-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming workshop at FSU, \u201cI Know Where Your Cat Lives\u201d: The Process of Mapping Big Data for Inconspicuous Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m doing a workshop \/ lecture as part of the ongoing Digital Scholars<\/a> digital humanities discussion group here at Florida State University.\u00a0Workshop is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 25, 2:00-3:30 pm
\n<\/strong>Fine Arts Building (FAB) 320A\u00a0[530 W. Call St. map<\/a>]
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\u201cI Know Where Your Cat Lives\u201d: The Process of Mapping Big Data for\u00a0Inconspicuous Trends<\/h2>\n

Big Data culture has its supporters and its skeptics, but it can have\u00a0critical or aesthetic value even\u00a0for those who are\u00a0ambivalent. How is it possible, for example, to consider data as more than information \u2014 as the performance of particular behaviors, the practice of communal ideals, and the\u00a0ethic motivating\u00a0new media displays?\u00a0Professor Owen Mundy from FSU\u2019s College of Fine Arts invites us to take up these questions in a guided exploration of works of art that will highlight what he calls\u00a0\u201cinconspicuous trends.\u201d Using the \u201cI Know Where Your Cat Lives<\/a>\u201d project\u00a0as a starting point, Professor Mundy will\u00a0introduce us to the technical and design process for mapping big data in projects such as this one,\u00a0showing us the various APIs\u00a0(Application Program Interfaces) that are constructed\u00a0to support them and considering the various ways we might want to visualize their results.<\/p>\n

This session offers a hands-on demonstration and is designed with a low\u00a0barrier of entry in mind. For those completely unfamiliar with APIs, this session will serve as a useful introduction, as Professor Mundy will walk us through the process of connecting to\u00a0and retrieving live social media data from the Instagram API and rendering it using the Google Maps API. Participants should not worry if they do not have expertise in big data projects or are still learning the associated vocabulary. We come together to learn together, and all levels of skill will be accommodated, as will all attitudes and leanings.\u00a0Desktop computers are installed\u00a0in FAB 320A, but participants are welcome\u00a0to bring their own laptops and wireless devices.<\/p>\n

Participants are encouraged to read the following in advance of the meeting:<\/p>\n