Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism
Data and truths. There is no entity like 'the people'
A course by Jaime Serra Palou , Infographic Designer
About the video: Data and truths. There is no entity like 'the people'
Overview
“Because I run away from the massive data, taking the opposite route to the majority of data viewers. ”
In this video lesson Jaime Serra Palou addresses the topic: Data and truths. There is no entity like 'the people', which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism. Learn to visualize data in an artistic way through images and text.
Partial transcription of the video
“The current visualizations of data, that contain billions of data and data obtained objectively, we are all supposed to be, and if we are all, they are nobody. No one in particular. The media only talks about generalities. People talk, people say, think. 43.3% of people believe. There is no entity like people. have to apply ... The data is the most previous facts that exist what makes a concrete person at a specific moment front of a concrete situation. Because it is there, in the most radical subjectivity where the other individual, the other person, can be seen reflected. For 10 weeks the...”
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Course summary for: Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism
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Communication, Infographics, Information Design

Jaime Serra Palou
A course by Jaime Serra Palou
Jaime Serra has over 25 years' professional experience in the journalism industry working with infographics. He started his career in the mid '80s, when infographics were first being used as a journalistic tool. A decade later, he contributed to revolutionizing the infographics industry while working for the Argentinian newspaper Clarín. Twenty years later, he was recognized by the Society For News Design as the most influential infographics artist in the world during the period of 1992-2002.
He has been a creator, director, and consultant for prestigious media companies and their infographic departments in Latin America and Europe, including Clarín (Argentina, 1995-2001) and La Vanguardia (Spain, 2008-2018).
He also showcases his work in contemporary art spaces and publications for international media outlets, such as El Mundo (Spain), O Globo (Brazil), La Nación (Argentina) and El Financiero (Mexico).
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