Description
Towards Integrated Mental Models of Cultural Heritage Data International databases offer public web access to growing volumes of multidimensional, temporal cultural heritage data (Europeana.eu). Interfaces so far focus on selected dimensions (e.g. geo + temporal only), do not engage non-expert users, and do not sufficiently support the integrated exploration & cognitive elaboration of cultural heritage collections. Against this background our aims are to develop new Visual Analytics methods and empirically test their effectiveness to support the synoptic visual exploration, as well as integrated learning and reasoning of casual users in the realm of cultural heritage data. To reach this goal we apply a cognitively-grounded concept and method development process to innovatively integrate Visual Analytics methods for temporal, multidimensional data – and make use of methods especially suited for serving synoptic tasks and constructing integrated mental models. According to current research, the Visual Analytics method of the Space-Time Cube shows specific potential to a) gain integrated insights and overview on complex or combinatorial tasks, or multidimensional data constellations. Another strength is the conceptual integration and navigation between different (other) methods of dynamic (information) visualization – especially in combination with multiple linked (2D) views which can cover less complex analytical tasks. Furthermore, it has been shown that the three-dimensional shapes of the Space-Time Cube engage and attract casual users – whose specific needs in this context have to be systematically taken into account. By a series of experiments we will empirically explore and test the effectiveness of the proposed visual analytical methods to support the construction of integrated mental models. To pursue this goal, a combined quantitative (eye tracking, questionnaires, observations) and qualitative (think-aloud, interviews, observations, relational insight organizer) research design will deliver new insights into the cognitive processes of casual data explorers. By systematically intertwining and developing Cognitive Science and Visual Analytics methods we expect the project to contribute to the field of Visual Analytics with a cognitively grounded concept and methods development process, new ways to integrate VA methods, and with new knowledge on the workings of mental models within casual users. In doing so, the project is expected to additionally develop new perspectives for the fields of Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Visualization.
Details
| Duration | 01/04/2016 - 31/03/2020 |
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| Funding | FWF |
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FWF
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| Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems) | Dr. Eva Mayr |
Team
Publications
Girmay, A.; Berger, T.; (2023). Home-Based Income Generation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In: Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.;, Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City: 20, Routledge, Delhi
Gebremeskel, S. A.; Berger, T. (2023). Built Form and Energy Transition. The Case of Condominium Housing in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Trialog - A Journal for Planning and Building in a Global Context, 145/146: 52-59, Trialog
Semunugus, D.; Nigusie, E.; Berger, T.; (2023). Countering the Narrative of an ‘Informal Settlement Free’ City. How Urban Housing Demand Induces Changes of Livelihood in Peri-urban Areas of Mekelle, Ethiopia. TRIALOG – A Journal for Planning and Building in a Global Context, 145/146: 67-73
Berger, T. (2021). Housing the Poor - Staatliche Wohnbaumaßnahmen in Äthiopien und Indien im Vergleich. In: Bronberg, R.; Herbig, U., Vergleichende Architektur- und Bauforschung. Ein Forschungs- und Lehrmotto. Festschrift für Erich Lehner: 302-312, IVA-Verlag, Wien
Höltl, A.; Brandtweiner, R.; Bates, R.; Berger, T. (2020). The Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of Urban Informal Settlements in Ethiopia. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, Vol. 15, No. 3: 287-294
Höltl, A.; Berger, T.; Bates, R.; Desta, M.K.; Lewis, A.; Semunugus, D.; Indorewala H. (2020). The Nexus of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Their Link to Quality of Life: A Case of Urbanization in Ethiopia and India. In: Javier Martinez, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen, Rhonda Phillips, Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability: 113-138, Springer, Cham
Höltl, A.; Brandtweiner, R.; Berger, T.; Bates, R. (2018). URBAN GROWTH AND ENERGY SUPPLY IN AFRICAN CITIES: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIA. Syngellakis, S., Urban Growth and the Circular Economy, vol 179: 159 - 169, WIT Press, Alicante, Spain
Lectures
Wider den Listenzwang: Was Visualisierungen für den Online-Auftritt von Sammlungen tun können
Museen in Quarantäne – Neue Chancen für Sammlungen, 18/06/2020
Vor welchem Hintergrund und mit Bezug auf was? Zur polykontexturalen Visualisierung kultureller Sammlungen
Objekte im Netz. Wissenschaftliche Sammlungen im digitalen Zeitalter, Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, DE, 06/11/2019
Shapes of Time: Visualizing Set Changes Over Time
Set Visual Analytics Workshop at IEEE VIS 2019, 20/10/2019
Uncertainty of What and for Whom - And Does Anyone Care? Propositions for Cultural Collection Visualization
4th IEEE Workshop on Visualization for the Digital Humanities, Vancouver, CA, 20/10/2019
Visualizing Biographical Trajectories by Historical Artifacts: A Case Study based on the Photography Collection of CharlesW. Cushman
Biographical Data in a Digital World 2019, Varna, Bulgaria, 05/09/2019
Shapes of Time: Visualizing Set Changes Over Time in Cultural Heritage Collections
EuroVis 2019, 04/06/2019
Zum visuellen Möglichkeitsraum geisteswissenschaftlicher Theorievermittlung
Vienna Doctoral Academy - Theory and Methodology in the Humanities, Retraite Mariazell, 23/05/2019
Visualisierung zwischen Pluralismus und Fragmentierung: Zur Integration von multiplen Perspektiven auf kulturelle Sammlungen
Jahrestagung Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd) 2019, 28/04/2019
Projecting Film Archives – Lessons Learned from the Visualization of Cultural Heritage Collection Data
Sensory Moving Image Archives Symposium, Amsterdam, NL, 26/02/2019
Multi-perspektivisch, generös, interaktiv. Zu neuen Techniken der Repräsentation von alten Meistern
Das Kunstmuseum im digitalen Zeitalter, Wien, Österreich, 11/01/2019
New Ways of Visualising Cultural Collections
Mapping City Films, Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Wien, Österreich, 14/12/2018
Visualization of Cultural Heritage Collection Data: State of the Art and Future Challenges
IEEE VIS Conference (InfoVis) 2018, Berlin, 23/10/2018
Pinning up Hairballs: Zur Modellierung und Visualisierung von Kontroversen in Raum und Zeit
Workshop der DGNet "Qualitative Methoden in der Netzwerkforschung", IAB Nürnberg, 14/09/2018
Visualizing Uncertainty in Cultural Heritage Collections
EuroVIS Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization (EuroRV3), Brno, Czech Republic, 04/06/2018
Zur Weiterentwicklung des “cognition support”: Sammlungsvisualisierungen als Austragungsort kritisch-kulturwissenschaftlicher Forschung
Kritik der Digitalen Vernunft. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd) 2018, Köln, 28/02/2018
Digital HUMANities - Eine benutzerzentrierte Perspektive
Kritik der Digitalen Vernunft. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd) 2018, Köln, Deutschland, 27/02/2018
