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Yesterday’s #unpluggedViz was a collaborative effort between me and dad

data-visualisation
data-art
Mapping out what we hear when a train leaves / arrives at a métro station.
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Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

Published

July 16, 2025

A pencil drawing of the different sounds at the Paris underground showing the difference in trains departing and the trains arriving. titled 'Musicians brains'. The top graph, for trains departing, has an upward trajectory whereas the bottom graph, for trains arriving, has a downward trajectory. Different symbols depict the noises and announcements that we hear in these moments.

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Thompson, Cara. 2025. “Yesterday’s #unpluggedViz Was a Collaborative Effort Between Me and Dad.” July 16, 2025. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2025-07-16-mapping-out-the-sounds-of-the-metro/.