SYNTAX OF A NEW LANGUAGE

The syntax of networks lies in the relationships between nodes…

Go to VisualComplexity.com and filter by method…  Lima claims this is providing us with a new taxonomy of knowledge…

How is each method arranged?  What is foregrounded in the method?  what is elided?

Arc Diagram
Bible!!
http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Visualizations/BibleViz

Centralized Burst
http://internetlab.cindoc.csic.es/cv/11/EU_Web_maps/EU_Web_maps.htm  (European Networks)

Area Grouping
http://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=5992

Circular Ties
http://sixdegreesoffrancisbacon.com/

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/bantjes_big11.html

Elliptical Implosion
http://informationesthetics.org/documents/AliceTextArcPrintMockup.jpg

Radial Convergence
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/15/us/politics/DEBATE.html?_r=0

Radial Implosion
http://scimaps.org/maps/map/a_clickstream_map_of_83/detail

Ramifications
http://www.stefanieposavec.co.uk/writing-without-words/

Segmented Radial Convergence
http://www.esono.com/boris/projects/poetry06/

Sphere
http://www.moebio.com/esfera/complexity/esfera.htm

Then think about your data.  How might you structure it to show different relationships?  Look at the graphic on the course website–should you network your data?