The communicative power of knowledge visualizations in mobilizing information and communication technology research

Judy van Biljon and Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson

Information Technology for Development, 2020, vol. 26, issue 4, 637-652

Abstract: This editorial explores knowledge visualization, a field of study that investigates the power of visual formats to represent knowledge, as a strategy to enhance knowledge mobilization of results from ICT4D research. We highlight the fact that there are evidence-based guidelines for creating and crafting visualizations in academic writing. We also provide some visualization examples that highlight general knowledge visualization criteria such as anchor and extend, familiarity, clarity and consistency, include text, prudent simplicity and aesthetics. Although visualization is not the central theme of any of the papers in this issue, the papers offer a variety of visualization techniques as appropriate to the knowledge domain.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2020.1821954

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