Slides from the talk by Benjamin D. Hennig held at the Workshop on '(How) do we understand Capitalism? Reflections on what makes methods critical', University of Manchester, 13th September 2012. More at http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=2609

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The Visualisation
of
Benjamin D. Hennig
University of Sheffield
b.hennig@worldmapper.org
Spatial Social
www.viewsoftheworld.net
Structure
(How) do we understand Capitalism? Reflections on what makes methods critical
University of Manchester, 13th September 2012

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The I. Distorted realities
Visualisation of II. Distorted world views
Spatial Social III. (Un)distorted social space
Structure
IV. Undistorted futures

3. Distorted realities
The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure - Part 1

4. Science and Visualisation
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Google Search September 2012
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

5. Science and Visualisation
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Google Search September 2012
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

6. Social Science and Visualisation
Google Search September 2012
Google Search September 2012
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

7. Social Science and Visualisation
http://www.dannydorling.org/books/visualisation/
Google Search September 2012
Google Search September 2012
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

8. What is Reality?
Image Credit: Natural History Museum, http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

9. Visual Thinking
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

10. Visualising Quantities
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

11. Complexity?
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

12. Visualising Spatial Structures
Maps are perhaps as fundamental to society as language and the written
word. They are the preeminent means of recording and communicating
information about the location and spatial characteristics of the natural
world and of society and culture.
Some would say that the use of maps distinguishes geography from all
other disciplines. The truth is that maps, though of special concern to
geographers, are used throughout the sciences and humanities and in
virtually every aspect of day-to-day life. Millions of maps are produced
and used annually throughout the world by scientists, scholars,
governments, and businesses to meet environmental, economic, political,
and social needs.
(Source: Kenneth E. Foote and Shannon Crum,
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/cartocom/cartocom_f.html)
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures

13. Visualising Spatial Structures
Image credits: Selfportrait Map by Lilla Locurto and Bill Outcault, http://www.locurto-
outcault.com/#prettyPhoto[print05]/2/
Conformal Projections by Friedrich Eisenlohr, http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Dither/ProjConf/projConf.html
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

14. Changing Perspectives
”Distorted view of reality"
Last month, the town council of Monza, Italy,
banned citizens from keeping goldfish in bowls. The
receptacle, statute sponsor Giampietro Mosca told
Agence France-Presse, […] gives fish "a distorted
view of reality.”
(Source: Washington Post, 8.08.2004)
Which view of reality do we have?
Mercator (17. Century) Gall/Peters (19. & 20. Century)
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

15. Distorted world views
The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure - Part 2

16. Worldmapper
Land area
Earthquake victims 1975-2000 Economic activity 2012 Nuclear weapons 2011
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

17. I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

18. Understanding Change
Animated version at http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=1889
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

19. The technical bit…
Liquid
Particles
Diffusion
1. Different Concentrations 2. Equalised Concentration
A B C A B C
Transformation
People
1. Different population densities 2. Equalised space
in Country A / B / C
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

20. (Un)distorted social space
The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure - Part 3

21. The Age of Humankind
(modified from Ehlers 2008)
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

22. Spaces of Humanity
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

23. A Human Planet
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

24. www.megacities.uni-koeln.de
An Urban Planet
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

25. Wealth
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

26. Self similarity
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I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

27. A Kaleidoscope World
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

28. Europe
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

29. United Kingdom
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

30. Mapping Elections
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

31. Undistorted futures
The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure - Part 4

32. Changing Populations
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

33. Population Growth
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

34. Population Decline
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

35. New Perspectives
I. Distorted realities  II. Distorted world views  III. (Un)distorted social space  IV. Undistorted futures
Benjamin D. Hennig  The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure  Critical Methods Workshop. University of Manchester, 13. September 2012

36. New Realities