Quantifying Kissinger: Visualizing the Many Worlds of the Kissinger Correspondence
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 — 4:45pm
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show map Henry Kissinger was the National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. He was a driving force in U.S. foreign policy in the 1970s, when the U.S. aggressively intervened (often militarily) around the world.
Micki Kaufman approaches Henry Kissinger’s work in new ways. Using text and network analysis, data mining, and immersive reality visualizations, Kaufman investigates the more than 18,000 memos that Kissinger produced during his time in government.
