Visualizing Impact: Visualization Workshops for Personal Data and Assessment for Social Organizations
(2024) · Thesis
Abstract
This thesis explores the use of personal data visualization as a tool to gather insights into the impact that a social organization might have on the participants' lives. Specifically, we collaborated with the Department of Media and Information Technology at Linköping University working with Östergötlands Stadsmission in Norrköping, in the context of their leadership program Trygga Orten. This initiative aims at fostering the independence and community involvement of teenage girls. We provided Stadsmissionen with all the necessary materials to run three workshops. These materials relate to data collection tools, visualization techniques, and broader discussion topics. Our research is supported by an analysis of data humanistic approaches in various fields,and we assess our results with semi-structured interviews with the workshop facilitator. We present our findings and a possible answer to our research question