ᴜᴄʟᴀʙ is a visualization research group situated 
between design, computing, and the humanities.

Fachhochschule Potsdam
 

New Complexity Recent projects, publications and activities

closeupcloud_teaser Project

Close-Up Cloud

Gaining a sense of overview from many details
VIDAN_cover_02 Project

VIDAN

Visual and dynamic arrangements of narratives
SoNAR (IDH) Project

SoNAR (IDH)

Interfaces to data for historical social network analysis and research

Conference talks & poster

We will be in Paderborn for DHd 2020 to share our latest research on data visualization in the context of digital humanities.

2-6 March 2020
Publication

Participatory Deep Maps: Towards Discursive User Engagement With Data Visualizations

  • Tobias Kauer
  • Benjamin Bach
  • Marian Dörk
— CityVis: 2nd Workshop on Urban Data Visualization at IEEE VIS, 2019

Conference talks

We are taking part in the The Art Museum in the Digital Age conference at the Belvedere in Vienna to present one recent research project (Close-Up Cloud) and ongoing research on visualizing multiple collections.

9 - 10 January 2020
SENSES-Preview-Small Project

SENSES

Climate Change Scenario Services
Publication

Scalable Exploration. Prototype Study For The Visualization Of An Author’s Library On The Example Of ‘Theodor Fontane’s Library’.

  • Anna Busch
  • Mark-Jan Bludau
  • Viktoria Brüggemann
  • Kristina Genzel
  • Sabine Seifert
  • Peer Trilcke
— In Book of Abstracts of the Digital Humanities conference (DH) 2019: Complexities. Utrecht (The Netherlands), 2019
Publication

Close-Up Cloud: Gaining A Sense Of Overview From Many Details

  • Pauline Junginger
  • Dennis Ostendorf
  • Barbara Avila Vissirini
  • Anastasia Voloshina
  • Sarah Kreiseler
  • Marian Dörk
— In Book of Abstracts of the Digital Humanities conference (DH) 2019: Complexities. Utrecht (The Netherlands), 2019

Invited talk

Katherine Hepworth (The Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada): »Ethical Visualization: A Strategy for Dark Times« @ Campus FH Potsdam, Lecture Hall in Haus D, start at 4pm. Part of information​+​visualization public lecture series.

12 November 2019
Reading Traces Prototype Screenshot 10 Project

Reading traces

Visualizing Fontane’s reference library

Exhibition

The Close-Up Cloud visualization is part of The Second Original exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG).

6 Dec 2019 - 2 June 2020
vikus viewer teaser 2 Project

VIKUS Viewer

Explore cultural collections along time, texture and themes
Publication

Narrelations — Visualizing Narrative Levels and their Correlations with Temporal Phenomena

  • Hannah Schwan
  • Janina Jacke
  • Rabea Kleymann
  • Jan-Erik Stange
  • Marian Dörk
— DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly. 13:3, 2019