Approaching “Data Feminism”: Visualizations to Shed Light on Inequality

Abstract

Data feminism theory believes data visualization that embraces feminism can be used to reshape the world and powerfully reveal inequalities around women, people of color, and other disadvantaged groups. This paper seeks to find visualization works that are close to the thrust of data feminism and discusses their rhetorical, narrative, and other dimensions. From concrete works of practice, rather than guiding philosophies, it may be possible to present the current development of data feminism and respond to the call for “visualization as a starting point for data feminism”.