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A Pedagogy of Sight: Microscopic Vision in Robert Hooke's Micrographia
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Hooke's Micrographia (1665) holds an important place in the history of scientific visual rhetoric as mentioned in this paper, where Hooke's accomplishment lies not only in a stunning array of engravings, but also in a pedagogy of sight, a rhetorical framework that instructs readers how to view images in accordance with an ideological or epistemic program.Abstract:
Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665) holds an important place in the history of scientific visual rhetoric Hooke's accomplishment lies not only in a stunning array of engravings, but also in a “pedagogy of sight”—a rhetorical framework that instructs readers how to view images in accordance with an ideological or epistemic program Hooke not only taught his readers how to view a new kind of image, but recruited potential contributors to the program of natural philosophy In particular, Hooke taught his readers to see microscopic specimens as mechanical bodies, as evidence of divine creation, and as pleasant entertainmentread more
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Two Body Criticism: A Genealogy of the Postmodern Anti-Aesthetic@@@Body Criticism: Imaging the Unseen in Enlightenment Art and Medicine
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Persuasive images in popular science: Testing judgments of scientific reasoning and credibility:
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TL;DR: No significant differences were found between readers’ evaluations of the news article with the images isolated as the only independent variable, suggesting that images alone may not have a strong effect upon evaluation and that further research is needed to determine what, if any, role images play in conjunction with the text to create a persuasive effect.
Bad for Data, Good for the Brain : Knowledge-First Axioms For Visualization Design
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TL;DR: It is argued that visualization requires a more nuanced perspective, and that the authors need to de-sanctify data, and occasionally promote designs which distort or obscure data in service of understanding.
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