In the Visual Hacktivism studio, students explored the use of programming and design to visualize and communicate information related to government and activism in the world today. Some of the major questions discussed as part of the studio were: How can the acts of government and activism be understood through the information that emerges from them? How can this information be analyzed, visualized and shared to spread this understanding? Can dealing with data become a type of activism in itself? Students designed various data visualization projects around the topics of modern slavery, the Occupy Wall Street movement, debt per capita in Europe, and the 2012 presidential elections. The final projects can be found here. The seven projects are: Modern Slavery by Amina Dowe and Sophie Weissbourd InfoCircle by Stephen Ellias and Yulika Louis-Jean Occupy Wall Street by Sonya Raab and Max Rae-Chu Visualizing Economics by Evan Lyle and Jenna Kaplan US Voter Map by Tyler Kavoogian Twitter Tracking by Zackary Steinberg and Leah Spingarn Twitter Bouncer by Sameul Favazza and Oliver Spring