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Embodying Data

Chinese Aesthetics, Interactive Visualization and Gaming Technologies

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  1. Qi Li

    1. Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, China

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  • Discusses traditional Chinese aesthetics in the context of digital technology
  • Proposes a new concept of Taoist data visualisation, which integrates traditional Yijing aesthetic and Taoist cosmological principles
  • Includes an in-depth case study on adopting Chinese aesthetics in the design of medical data visualisation
  • Offers an innovative theoretical framework as a resource for data visualisation designers and researchers

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Qi Li
    Pages 1-16

  3. Overview of Data Visualization

    • Qi Li
    Pages 17-47

  4. Data Visualization and Aesthetics

    • Qi Li
    Pages 49-72

  5. Data-Based Digital Art Practice

    • Qi Li
    Pages 73-86

  6. Theoretical Framework

    • Qi Li
    Pages 87-114

  7. Methodology

    • Qi Li
    Pages 115-138

  8. Taoist Data Visualization

    • Qi Li
    Pages 139-170

  9. Future Research

    • Qi Li
    Pages 171-182
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About this book

This book investigates a new interactive data visualisation concept that employs traditional Chinese aesthetics as a basis for exploring contemporary digital technological contexts. It outlines the aesthetic approach, which draws on non-Western aesthetic concepts, specifically the Yijing and Taoist cosmological principles, and discusses the development of data-based digital practices within a theoretical framework that combines traditional Taoist ideas with the digital humanities.  
 
The book also offers a critique of the Western aesthetics underpinning data visualisation, in particular the Kantian sublime, which prioritises the experience of power over the natural world viewed at a distance. Taoist philosophy, in contrast, highlights the integration of the surface of the body and the surface of nature as a Taoist body, rather than promoting an opposition of mind and body. The book then explores the transformational potential between the human body and technology, particularly in creating an aesthetic approach spanning traditional Chinese aesthetics and gesture-based technology.  
  
Representing a valuable contribution to the digital humanities, the book helps readers understand data-based artistic practices, while also bringing the ideas of traditional Chinese aesthetics to Western audiences. In addition, it will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of digital art and data visualisation seeking new models. 
 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, China

    Qi Li

About the author

Qi Li is a scholar, artist, and designer who has lectured at universities in China and New Zealand. Li obtained his Ph.D. degree from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. He is currently a lecturer in School of Art and Design in Shanghai University of Engineering Science and a senior research fellow in Tongji University. His research examines aesthetic approaches to data visualisation through the combination of gaming technology and traditional Chinese philosophies. He is interested in how digital technologies enhance creativity and artistic practices. Li has exhibited his work internationally in England, Australia, New Zealand, and China. In addition to authoring the book Interpretation of Online Gaming, he has published papers on the application of traditional Chinese aesthetics to data visualisation and environmental art in the journals Environmental Values and Humanities and Technology and also a paper published in Journal of Visual Communication. Li’s recent work on designtheory has been published as a book chapter in Southeast Asian Ecocriticism: Theories, Practices, Prospects (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2017).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Embodying Data

  • Book Subtitle: Chinese Aesthetics, Interactive Visualization and Gaming Technologies

  • Authors: Qi Li

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5069-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5068-3Published: 20 June 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5071-3Published: 21 June 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5069-0Published: 19 June 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 182

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Aesthetics, Digital Humanities, Interaction Design

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