{"id":27,"date":"2022-02-14T09:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T09:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classes.codeatlang.com\/disaster-media\/2023-spring\/?p=27"},"modified":"2023-02-28T04:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T04:01:06","slug":"week-4-epistemology-of-disaster-design-and-visualization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classes.codeatlang.com\/disaster-media\/2023-spring\/02\/14\/week-4-epistemology-of-disaster-design-and-visualization\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4. Epistemology of disaster: design and visualization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Slide presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OelUgOnzCesuQ_OiXoARtyi4LKH_K647\/view\">Tuesday, February 14 [PDF]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;Anne Pasek, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OKuJDAy3ahHHKG0MRdy_Youj2fE7WBVc\/view?usp=share_link\">&#8220;Mediating Climate, Mediating Scale&#8221;<\/a>, Humanities, 2019, 8(4)<br>\u2022 Shannon Mattern, \u201cAndrew Cuomo\u2019s COVID-19 Briefings Draw on the Persuasive Authority of PowerPoint\u201d, <em>Art in America<\/em>, April 13, 2020 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ORtJvSgIzRhHtJvMGnY-5WCzq7ijl-Kw\/view?usp=share_link\">PDF<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-in-america\/columns\/andrew-cuomo-covid-briefings-powerpoint-slideshow-authority-1202683735\/\">online<\/a>]<br>\u2022 Shannon Mattern, \u201cUsing PowerPoint, Artists Ask How Performative Presentations Shape Our Thinking\u201d, <em>Art in America<\/em>, February 5, 2020 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OUwI9DEL5MAxNpINtEMsHjPVbzlPqR5r\/view?usp=share_link\">PDF<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-in-america\/features\/artists-using-powerpoint-critique-rhetorical-strategies-tan-lin-tony-cokes-david-byrne-1202676971\/\">online<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have time, look into Al Gore&#8217;s &#8220;An Inconvenient Truth&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/An_Inconvenient_Truth\">wikipedia<\/a>], a 2006 documentary that mainly focused on a presentation sometimes referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/the-most-famous-slideshow-in-the-world-al-gore-presents-his-dramatic-powerpoint-on-climate-change-in-pittsburgh\/\">&#8220;the most famous slideshow in the world.&#8221;<\/a> Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duarte.com\/approach\/case-studies\/al-gore-an-inconvenient-truth\/\">a word from Duarte<\/a>, the design  firm that helped Gore craft the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Note<\/em><\/strong>: Remember, reading responses are due Monday night this week for discussion in class on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, February 16 we were visited by Abigail (Abby) Banks (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/banksabg\/\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/em\/about\/press-releases\/20220602_pr_nycem_welcomes-abigail-banks.page\">press release that mentions her<\/a>) from NYC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/em\/index.page\">Office of Emergency Management<\/a>, and more specifically, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/em\/ready\/ready-new-york.page\">Ready New York<\/a> program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/em\/ready\/videos-more.page\">This page<\/a> has a lot of &#8220;disaster media&#8221; produced by Ready New York. 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