Based on a collaborative visualization design process involving sensitive historical data and historiographical expertise, we investigate the relevance of ethical principles in visualization design. While fundamental ethical norms like truthfulness and accuracy are already well-described and common goals in visualization design, datasets that are accompanied by specific ethical concerns need to be processed and visualized with an additional level of carefulness and thought. There has been little research on adequate visualization design incorporating such considerations. To address this gap we present insights from Topography of Violence, a visualization project with the Jewish Museum Berlin that focuses on a dataset of more than 4,500 acts of violence against Jews in Germany between 1930 and 1938. Drawing from the joint project, we develop an approach to the visualization of sensitive data, which features both conceptual and procedural considerations for visualization design. Our findings provide value for both visualization researchers and practitioners by highlighting challenges and opportunities for ethical data visualization.

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暴力地形：伦理和协作可视化设计的考虑

基于涉及敏感历史数据和史学专业知识的协作可视化设计过程，我们调查了可视化设计中伦理原则的相关性。虽然诸如真实性和准确性之类的基本道德规范已经在可视化设计中得到了很好的描述和共同目标，但伴随着特定道德问题的数据集需要以额外的谨慎和思考水平进行处理和可视化。关于考虑到这些因素的适当可视化设计的研究很少。为了解决这一差距，我们提出了暴力地形图的见解，这是一个与柏林犹太博物馆合作的可视化项目，重点关注 1930 年至 1938 年间德国 4,500 多起针对犹太人的暴力行为的数据集。我们开发了一种敏感数据的可视化方法，该方法具有可视化设计的概念和程序考虑因素。我们的发现强调了道德数据可视化的挑战和机遇，为可视化研究人员和从业者提供了价值。