Examples of Visualization Analysis

Through the Looking Glass

In the case of the Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" there are approximately 15,000 words or 45 pages. Like any hard copy edition, the actual page number will vary for a wide variety of reasons; here, as mentioned before, I've used an 8.5"x 11" standard or about 350 words per page. In this example I've traced the appearances of the Queens and Alice. Without the tubes, the four times in which the Queens gets involved in the plot are visible.

Alice and the Queens

Alice and the Queens

Manifesto for Cyborgs

In the case of Donna Haraway's "Manifesto for Cyborgs" I was interested in finding how she related three ideas throughout the text. This shows two main elaborations for the concept of feminism just after the beginning and just before the ending. The concept of technology, which I would have expected to find evenly distributed throughout the text, works rather as the pivot between the first and the second part of the essay. The cyborg, as a concept is introduced at the very beginning and at the very end. It is interesting to see that despite (or perhaps because of) the radicality of the cyborg concept that Donna Haraway is introducing into feminist discourse, the essay follows a traditional and sequential style. Notice how at the conclusion all categories, once established, flow much more freely.

One concept: Feminism

Two concepts: Feminism and Technology

Three concepts:Feminism, Technology and Cyborgs

Close-up of conclusion

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