Visualization has matured into an established research field, producing widely adopted tools, design frameworks, and empirical foundations. As the field has grown, ideas from outside computer science have increasingly entered visualization discourse, questioning the fundamental values and assumptions on which visualization research stands. In this short position paper, we examine a set of values that we see underlying the seminal works of Jacques Bertin, John Tukey, Leland Wilkinson, Colin Ware, and Tamara Munzner. We articulate three prominent values in these texts - universality, objectivity, and efficiency - and examine how these values permeate visualization tools, curricula, and research practices. We situate these values within a broader set of critiques that call for more diverse priorities and viewpoints. By articulating these tensions, we call for our community to embrace a more pluralistic range of values to shape our future visualization tools and guidelines.
翻译:可视化已发展成为一个成熟的研究领域,产生了广泛采用的可视化工具、设计框架和实证基础。随着该领域的成长,来自计算机科学之外的思想日益进入可视化讨论,对可视化研究所立足的基本价值观与假设提出了质疑。在这篇简短的立场论文中,我们考察了我们认为潜在于Jacques Bertin、John Tukey、Leland Wilkinson、Colin Ware和Tamara Munzner开创性著作中的一系列价值观。我们阐述了这些文本中三个突出的价值观——普适性、客观性与效率性,并探讨了这些价值观如何渗透于可视化工具、课程体系和研究实践之中。我们将这些价值观置于更广泛的批判语境中,这些批判呼吁关注更多元的优先事项和观点。通过阐明这些张力,我们呼吁本领域接纳更广泛多元的价值观,以塑造我们未来的可视化工具与指导原则。