There is an increasing interest in telling serious stories with data. Designers organize information, construct narratives, and present findings to inform audiences. However, many of these practices emerge from modern information visualization rhetoric and ethical frameworks which may marginalize communities with low digital and media literacy. In a ten-month-long ethnographic study in three Bangladeshi villages, we investigated how these communities use entertainment and cultural practices, namely Puthi, Bhandari Gaan, and Pot music, to instruct, communicate traditional moral lessons and recall history. We found that these communities embrace polyvocality and multiple ethical frameworks in their performances, construct narratives combining factuality, emotionality, and aesthetics, and adapt their performances to changing technology and audience needs. Our findings provide HCI, visualization, and ethical data practitioners with implications for the design of accessible and culturally appropriate ways of presenting data narratives in data-driven systems.
翻译:近年来,利用数据讲述严肃故事的兴趣日益浓厚。设计者组织信息、构建叙事并呈现研究结果,旨在向受众传递信息。然而,许多此类实践源于现代信息可视化修辞与伦理框架,可能将数字与媒体素养较低的社区边缘化。通过对孟加拉三个村庄为期十个月的民族志研究,我们考察了这些社区如何利用娱乐与文化实践(即《普提》、《班达里嘎民谣》和《陶罐音乐》)进行说教、传承传统道德训诫并回溯历史。研究发现,这些社区在表演中接纳多声部叙事与多元伦理框架,构建融合事实性、情感性与审美性的叙事,并随技术变迁与受众需求调整表演形式。我们的研究成果为人机交互、可视化及伦理数据实践者提供了启示,助力在数据驱动系统中设计兼具文化适宜性与可及性的数据叙事呈现方式。