Visualization, causation, and history

Abstract

History may be seen as a tapestry of interwoven events. The discourse structure of that tapestry may be identified and used to support visualization for examining and interacting with the tapestry of history.Specifically, we propose temporally constrained causal relationships as a key for organizing that tapestry. Because Events occur at different levels of granularity and similar ones may occur with cumulative effect, we introduce Trends. Trends are first-class objects; that is, in this model Trends may be causes of Events. To facilitate interaction with a rich tapestry of complex historical events such as the American Civil War, we also introduce Threads. These are chains of Events, and presentations of them may be considered a type of narrative. We describe a panel-oriented visualization interface that shows causal Threads of Events and Trends leading up to the Civil War. This initial prototype is intended to present history at the level of an intermediate textbook. Finally, we introduce a semi-formal notation for describing Events, Threads, and Trends, and propose directions for future research to refine the prototype that may enable broader, deeper, more flexible, and more complete exploration/presentation of historical materials.

Architectures for complex semantic models

“…Causation is controversial notion in some circles. Yet, we believe that causation is integral to narrative [2] and scientific [10] explanations. In addition, the notion of causation is well accepted by the BFO.…”

“…In previous work (e.g., [2,6]) we discussed the need for discourse tags and for supporting those discourse tags with composite hypertexts. The broad range of applications (Section 2) along with the combination the complex structures we consider allows us to extend traditional approaches to composite hypertexts.…”

Reflexão e experiência: Elos para storytelling e aprendizagem organizacional

“…http://dx.doi.org/10.21714/1984-6975FACES2018V18N1ART6086 O storytelling é o ato de contar uma história, objetivando a aquisição, estruturação e transmissão de conhecimento (AL-LEN; ACHESON, 2000;ALLEN;LE-LIC, 2001). Contar histórias é um processo de fazer sentido e construir significado, e como tal é um ato interpretativo (BRU-NER, 1986;BRUNER, 2015;SNOWDEN, 2010).…”

“…A aprendizagem através da experiência é baseada em uma mudança que implica reflexão sobre as ações anteriores, um indivíduo somente irá aprender quando conseguir refletir sobre as ações e reconstruir a experiência através do processo de reflexão (ANTONELLO, 2011;ELKJAER, 2012, MOON, 2013. Neste sentido, as histórias podem ser consideradas um modo de reflexão (SCHON, 2010), o ato de contar histórias conhecido como "storytelling" objetiva a aquisição, a estruturação e transmissão de conhecimento (ALLEN, 2011;LELIC, 2001).…”

3D Visualization and Multimodal Interaction with Temporal Information Using Timelines

“…In general, timelines aim to present information regarding specific temporal periods along with an overview of related occurring events in condensed, yet rich, form. The contents of a timeline can vary from historical events (e.g., [1,25]) to numerical data representation (e.g., [11,12]), while the only limitation is that the various items should be temporally related. In this context, this paper reports on the design, development and evaluation of TimeViewer, a system allowing the modeling, storing, visualization and multimodal interaction with timelines.…”