eviction tracker
I am a part of an activist housing non-profit in Atlanta. In my dissertation research I look at how data and technology can support tenant organizing. In this project I have taken eviction records across the major counties of the Atlanta Metro Region and designed an eviction tracker. This work is under review for ACM CHI 2023.
Abstract: Visualization is often cast as being objective. Drawing on the work of Haraway and D’Ignazio and Klein, in this paper we trouble the familiar approach to objectivity in visualizations, arguing for situated insights in visualization design and practice. Rather than claiming to be valuable because they are neutral, detached, and complete, situated insights and visualizations are meaningful because they are politicized, engaged, and partial. To make this argument, we use social semiotics to analyze two visualizations we created in collaboration with a housing advocacy organization in the United States. We discuss each of these visualizations in-depth and trace their meaning and effects from the organization's perspective. We conclude the paper with implications for broadening visual conventions for visualizations, redefining what comprises an insight from visualization, and advocating for acting as accomplices through design practice.
Abstract: Visualization is often cast as being objective. Drawing on the work of Haraway and D’Ignazio and Klein, in this paper we trouble the familiar approach to objectivity in visualizations, arguing for situated insights in visualization design and practice. Rather than claiming to be valuable because they are neutral, detached, and complete, situated insights and visualizations are meaningful because they are politicized, engaged, and partial. To make this argument, we use social semiotics to analyze two visualizations we created in collaboration with a housing advocacy organization in the United States. We discuss each of these visualizations in-depth and trace their meaning and effects from the organization's perspective. We conclude the paper with implications for broadening visual conventions for visualizations, redefining what comprises an insight from visualization, and advocating for acting as accomplices through design practice.
evictions aggregated by zipcode
eviction cluster map
properties where a private equity firm has evicted