Title
Many Views Are Not Enough: Designing for Synoptic Insights in Cultural Collections.
Abstract
Cultural object collections attract and delight spectators since ancient times. Yet, they also easily overwhelm visitors due to their perceptual richness and associated information. Similarly, digitized collections appear as complex, multifaceted phenomena, which can be challenging to grasp and navigate. Though visualizations can create various types of collection overviews for that matter, they do not easily assemble into a “big picture” or lead to an integrated understanding. We introduce coherence techniques to maximize connections between multiple views and apply them to the prototype PolyCube system of collection visualization: with map, set, and network visualizations it makes spatial, categorical, and relational collection aspects visible. For the essential temporal dimension, it offers four different views: superimposition, animation, juxtaposition, and space–time cube representations. A user study confirmed that better integrated visualizations support synoptic, cross-dimensional insights. An outlook is dedicated to the system's applicability within other arts and humanities data domains.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/MCG.2020.2985368
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Cultural differences,Coherence,Data visualization,Cognitive science,Visualization,Motion pictures,Cognition
Journal
40
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0272-1716
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Florian Windhager1419.56
Saminu Salisu210.35
Roger A. Leite3194.67
Velitchko Filipov410.35
Silvia Miksch52212174.85
Günther Schreder6142.95
Eva Mayr79515.44