Signal Epistemic Tensions: Reframing A Visualization Co-Design through Entanglement Theory

Summary

A preprint revisits the epistemic tensions that surfaced in a visualization co-design project by applying the lens of entanglement theory. That theory holds that knowledge does not arise from a linear, isolated process but is co-produced through the entwining of phenomena with the apparatuses used to study them. The authors argue this view challenges assumptions long taken for granted in the visualization research community. They apply this theoretical lens to reread a specific co-design case. The paper centers on how knowledge is formed rather than on the finished outcome alone.