In this workshop, you will learn about data physicalization (“the practice of mapping data to physical form”) and create water-related data physicalizations. Participants will engage in data exploration, ideation, and the construction of physicalizations while considering rhetoric, storytelling, and physicality in presenting data. Join us for this collaborative and engaging opportunity!

Speaker: Robert Markum is a PhD Candidate in the UMSI School of Information. His work focuses on the intersection of religion, spirituality, and technology, and he has incorporated aspects of data physicalization / physical visualization into this work. He is a founding member of the Spirituality, Religion, and Interactive Technology Design (SPIRITED) Collective and has co-organized workshops around these topics at CHI ‘22 (Integrating Faith, Religion, and Spirituality in HCI), NordiCHI ‘22 (Co-imagining Participatory Design in Religious and Spiritual Contexts), and DIS ‘23 (Designing Tangible Interactive Artifacts for Religious and Spiritual Purposes). He also ran a “provotyping” Rapid Design Challenge at the 2023 UX@UM Conference and has helped facilitate a number of Design Jams offered through the UMSI Engaged Learning Office (ELO).