  This paper discusses problems of visualizing humanities data of various
forms, such as video data, archival data, and numeric-oriented social science
data, with three distinct case studies. By describing the visualization
practices and the issues that emerged from the process, this paper uses the
three cases to each identify a pertinent question for reflection. More
specifically, I reflect on the difficulty, thoughts, and considerations of
choosing the most effective and sufficient forms of visualization to enhance
the expression of specific cultural and humanities data in the projects.
Discussions in this paper concern some questions, such as, how do the
multi-modality of humanities and cultural data challenge the understanding,
roles, and functions of visualizations, and more broadly, visual
representations in humanities research? What do we lose of the original data by
visualizing them in those projects? How to balance the benefits and
disadvantages of visual technologies to display complex, unique, and often
culturally saturated humanities datasets
