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storytelling with data: #54 storytelling, folklore, and data with Joshua Smith

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Folklore and the Mythical Jackalope

Folklor is a nebulous concept, but some folklorists have defined it as artistic communication in small groups. When we talk about data that is sometimes behaving like folklore, it's less like a fairy tale and more like something akin to quilting more fan fiction. Data visualization can be seen as a sort of folk practice where that lens helps me ground myself and think about this.

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