The Map is the Net towards a geography of social relations

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1 The Map is the Net towards a geography of social relations Augusto Celentano, Università Ca Foscari di Venezia Piero Mussio, Università di Milano Fabio Pittarello, Università Ca Foscari di Venezia 1. Maps as an abstract representation of a real territory 2. Maps become co-laboratories 3. Maps as an abstract representation of a metaphorical territory 4. Seven issues + one Interact 2007 Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, September 10, 2007

2 Geographical Maps Abstract Representations of a real Territory Different abstraction techniques Different representation codes

3 A Camuni cadastral map (1500 BC)

4 A Babylonian map The earth as conceived on 600 BC

5 A successful archeologist interpretation

6 Ptolomy Map The world as conceived on 150 AD

7 Different interpretation in different cultures A geographer A geologist Misunderstanding

8 A separation arose Geographical maps Reference maps Thematic maps Abstract representations of the territory Abstract representations of phenomena occurring on the territory Barbara B. Petchenik described the difference as "in place, about space."

9 A modern thematic map An animated interactive thematic map Demo-UTOE1 Knowledge externalization and accumulation

10 A fuzzy Boundary Apply the new techniques to new kind of maps Demo-Ghiacciaio Is it a reference or thematic map?

11 Map of social phenomena

12 A different approach to privacy

13 Map as a wiki E-maps being animated and interactive open new possibilities. They become boundary object for asynchronous collaboration and knowledge social accumulation Collaboratory on glaciers

14 Domain entities and relations Metaphorical maps Map represents a domain not related to a real territory but modeled as a territory

15 An immediate metaphor F. De Wit 17th Century Sky as a Territory

16 Representation of phenomena which develops in a 3-D space A generalization Body as a territory

17 A map of fantasy Map of Tenderness M. De Scudery 1654 AD Emotions as a territory

18 Foafnaut Dynamic mental map Friendship as a territory

19 A metaphpricalmap on the web

20 The internet trend map

21 World map of dominant social network

22 Map of Maps Reference maps Camuni Babylon Glacier Sky Thematic maps Sex offender Criminal events Body Metaphorical Tenderness On line communities Where does your map fit?

23 Seven issues in shape of questions Which are the most useful social parameters that a map representation can efficiently communicate to the users? How can individual parameters be integrated and interpolated to visualize a (possibly evolving) social mood of the network? Can the map facilitate the human use of the net? Which is the role of thematic versus metaphorical maps in dealing with people physical and emotional neighborhood? How can novel visualization and interaction techniques improve the user perception of the social environment? How is the development of context-aware and ubiquitous systems contributing to improve the map based interaction to discover and access social services? Which are the privacy concerns related to the representation of the social environment?