Bettering Data

A collaboration between criminologists and educators at Georgia State University and DataWorks, a Georgia Tech initiative supporting underrepresented youth in computing. This visualization-focused video tells the story of Atlanta arrests through symbolic imagery—contrasting hands referencing the "Hands up, don't shoot" movement with a 3D space-time cube of 2020 arrest data, aiming to spark critical discussion about police-community relations.

A 3D space-time cube visualization of Atlanta arrest data, with red dots representing homicides and black dots for other arrests, overlaid on Atlanta's neighborhoods.

Ben Rydal Shapiro

Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

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