Reading traces
- Through a design study, we develop an approach to data exploration that utilizes elastic visualizations designed to support varying degrees of detail and abstraction. Examining the notions of scalability and elasticity in interactive visualizations, we introduce a visualization of personal reading traces such as marginalia or markings inside the reference library of German realist author Theodor Fontane. To explore such a rich and extensive collection, meaningful visual forms of abstraction and detail are as important as the transitions between those states. Following a growing research interest in the role of fluid interactivity and animations between views, we are particularly interested in the potential of carefully designed transitions and consistent representations across scales. The resulting prototype addresses humanistic research questions about the interplay of distant and close reading with visualization research on continuous navigation along several granularity levels, using scrolling as one of the main interactionThrough a design study, we develop an approach to data exploration that utilizes elastic visualizations designed to support varying degrees of detail and abstraction. Examining the notions of scalability and elasticity in interactive visualizations, we introduce a visualization of personal reading traces such as marginalia or markings inside the reference library of German realist author Theodor Fontane. To explore such a rich and extensive collection, meaningful visual forms of abstraction and detail are as important as the transitions between those states. Following a growing research interest in the role of fluid interactivity and animations between views, we are particularly interested in the potential of carefully designed transitions and consistent representations across scales. The resulting prototype addresses humanistic research questions about the interplay of distant and close reading with visualization research on continuous navigation along several granularity levels, using scrolling as one of the main interaction mechanisms. In addition to presenting the design process and resulting prototype, we present findings from a qualitative evaluation of the tool, which suggest that bridging between distant and close views can enhance exploration, but that transitions between views need to be crafted very carefully to facilitate comprehension.…
Author details: | Mark-Jan BludauORCiD, Viktoria BrüggemannORCiD, Anke BuschORCiDGND, Marian DörkORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13964 |
ISSN: | 0167-7055 |
ISSN: | 1467-8659 |
Title of parent work (English): | Computer graphics forum : journal of the European Association for Computer Graphics |
Subtitle (English): | scalable exploration in elastic visualizations of cultural heritage data |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Place of publishing: | Hoboken |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/07/18 |
Publication year: | 2020 |
Release date: | 2023/03/31 |
Volume: | 39 |
Issue: | 3 |
Number of pages: | 11 |
First page: | 77 |
Last Page: | 87 |
Funding institution: | research budget of the Theodor Fontane Archive of the University of; Potsdam |
Organizational units: | Zentrale und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen / Theodor-Fontane-Archiv |
DDC classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |