Diasporas, Data, D3.js, Oh my!

A presentation at EmpireJS in September 2018 in New York, NY, USA by Nishat Anjum

What I built. How I built it. Why I built it. Was it all even worth it? EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

1 What I built Visualizing the aftermath of a genocide. EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

200 - 300 Million Bengalis in the world 32 Million Have migrated out of Bangladesh since 2000 EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

Running through the UN archives with my woes. EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

D3.JS is a great introduction to data visualization. EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

Persons identified as male: EmpireJS 2018 Persons identified as female: @thathijabae

2 How I built it Let's look at some code. EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

3 Why did I build this? Existential Crisis Time! EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

N. R. Narayana Murthy: Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc. “ EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

4 EmpireJS 2018 Does it even matter? @thathijabae

diaspora noun | di·as·po·ra | \ dī-ˈas-p(ə-)rə , dē-
the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland or any group migration or flight from a country or region. EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

Data is always collected with an agenda. I wanted to make my father’s memories of war concrete with some hard numbers. EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

With great power comes great responsibility. EmpireJS 2018 @thathijabae

Nishat Anjum
@nailainbits

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Data visualization can be a powerful tool for education and empathy. In this talk, I’ll go over how using D3.js to track Bengali immigration post independence helped not only resolve cultural identity but also revealed how immigration data for an emerging country is maintained and the negative effects that it can have on women and children.

Diasporas, Data, D3.js, Oh my!

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