Data Visualizations as Evidence, Art, and Advocacy – From Du Bois to Now

Workshops with Participatory Art Gallery Walks of Data Portraits
Inspired By W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits Visualizing Black America (2018)

An interactive workshop to engage public, participatory scholarship and dialogue based on data visualizations from Du Bois’s 1900 African-American exhibit for the Paris Exposition Universelle. We will have invited scholars to provide the context and a deeper understanding of the data visualizations from Du Bois’s 1900 African-American exhibit.

Part 1 (5 – 6 pm) – Black History as represented in the data visualizations and photographs in the Exhibit of the American Negro, 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, organized and designed by WEB Du Bois

• Context of collaboration on diversity and BIPOC history in Maine
• History of 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, and WEB Du Bois
• Use of data visualizations as advocacy tools in African-American exhibit
• Gallery walk of Du Bois’s data visualizations for the African-American exhibit

Part 2 (6 – 7 pm) – BIPOC future in Maine, and advocacy for change, especially for New Mainers and recent BIPOC immigrants and refugees

• Use of data visualizations as advocacy tools in African-American exhibit
• Gallery walk of Du Bois’s data visualizations for the African-American exhibit
• Storytelling about aspirations and experiences like “Hi Neighbor!” based on data visualizations

The joint sponsors are the Gateway Community Services Maine, and the University of Southern Maine. The primary audiences are the BIPOC communities in Maine, especially in Portland, and at the University of Southern Maine.

Presenters and facilitators:

• Leroy Rowe, Professor, History, USM
• Lance Gibbs, Lecturer, Sociology, USM
• Jeff Beaudry, Professor, Educational Leadership, USM
• Nathan Davis, Director of Programs GCSM

Held at: Gateway Community Services Maine, 501 Forest Ave., Portland, ME

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/529738220277