Philosophy of Storytelling or "Teaching" or "Adaptive Interaction" with Diverse Audiences of Differing Baselines
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Victoria "Stokastika"
Nov 22, 2008, 11:50:23 AM11/22/08
to Question Reality
Sense-making techniques (as used by Dr. Pete Sadler): Figure out what
the audiences knows. How did they come to know what they know? Figure
out then what they don't know. Then adapt and build from there.
Adapted quote from a brilliant evolutionary biologist/morphologists:
"You don't teach your colleagues. You infect the minds of students.
They're still open-minded." He also said the quote, "People don't
change. They die. Then the new people take their places. Then things
change." The implication is that change is a cross-generational
pattern, which can explain why economics/politics seems to have some
degree of "30-year-cycles" of relative turnover of positions and
roleplay in different components of this "social organism."
the audiences knows. How did they come to know what they know? Figure
out then what they don't know. Then adapt and build from there.
Adapted quote from a brilliant evolutionary biologist/morphologists:
"You don't teach your colleagues. You infect the minds of students.
They're still open-minded." He also said the quote, "People don't
change. They die. Then the new people take their places. Then things
change." The implication is that change is a cross-generational
pattern, which can explain why economics/politics seems to have some
degree of "30-year-cycles" of relative turnover of positions and
roleplay in different components of this "social organism."
Victoria "Stokastika"
Nov 22, 2008, 11:55:32 AM11/22/08
to Question Reality
I suppose this section here is also about asking and answering the
question "What is Environmental Media?" Big question. Eh?
People still boggled by that!
question "What is Environmental Media?" Big question. Eh?
People still boggled by that!
Victoria "Stokastika"
Nov 22, 2008, 2:05:39 PM11/22/08
to Question Reality
In the Name of Edward Tufte. Optimized Data Representation. Data
representation and organization fundamentally shifts your perception
of the data--so results are not "objective" but also reflect how the
scientist pigeonholes and organizes reality.
One person I know who has optimized data representation is Dr. Sam
Sweet.
I knew something was fishy back in March 2006. I was at a UC LEADS
conference and held a conversation with two scientists: "This doesn't
look like a science conference." The two professors remarked, "Well,
what do you mean?" And then I said, "This is starting to look like an
art gallery." I started to realize that my own mind was transforming
its perception of pre-existing elements of my life I took for granted.
I think that Bren should have a service grad student course on
"Optimized Data Representation," "how to say the most with the least
information"--which ultimately resorts to techniques of visualization.
also in the name of Dent Earl, a UC Santa Cruz journalist/biologist
who made a very interesting poster on how you can communicate using
simple, universal symbols. I wonder where Dent is right now. How is he
doing? I definitely am heading toward his direction.
I have a massive Edward Tufte Streak. It gets worse every single day.
For example, I just did a one-hour editing session with my housematey
Karl Rittger on how to optimally present his research on new
algorithms for processing remote-sensing data for snow packs and water-
melt in the Sierra Nevada. Compromise of scales effect. We crunched
and all scattered information into a single streamlined table. And
then we distributed this information on a 3x5 inch poster. Some
columns included in the table were (1) scale of data--the "box
effect" (2) what satellites were used to obtain such data (3) what is
the resolution at each scale (4) frequency of imagery accessible at
each scale (5) sample size of imagery at each scale (6) existing
algorithms used to process each scale (7) new and improved algorithms
used to process each scale (8) descriptive outputs of existing
algorithms (9) descriptive outputs of new algorithms. Streamlined! And
then below this table there will be Box 2 "connecting the 500m with
the 30m resolution" and Box 3 "connecting the 500m with the 1m
resolution" and the final "Conclusion" on the lower right hand side of
the poster, stating how there needs to be more bridging of scales with
remote-sensing analysis.
I am so happy though. I think I will get an "acknowledgments" kudos on
the poster. Victoria "poster design consultant" happy title. I am so,
so happy for such a title. It's all Environmental Media anyway! Karl
said this table will go into his Ph.D. dissertation. No flippin'
kidding. I feel special! :-). Makes me feel like I'm good for
something. Go right brain of Victoria!
To me it's all some kind of visual / cognitive mapping exercise. It'
fun. Like some kind of jigsaw puzzle.
It's funny. My brain operates so fast that I end up drawing my figures
and tables. I have no patience for Adobe Illustrator or even Microsoft
Excel to make my charts and tables.
representation and organization fundamentally shifts your perception
of the data--so results are not "objective" but also reflect how the
scientist pigeonholes and organizes reality.
One person I know who has optimized data representation is Dr. Sam
Sweet.
I knew something was fishy back in March 2006. I was at a UC LEADS
conference and held a conversation with two scientists: "This doesn't
look like a science conference." The two professors remarked, "Well,
what do you mean?" And then I said, "This is starting to look like an
art gallery." I started to realize that my own mind was transforming
its perception of pre-existing elements of my life I took for granted.
I think that Bren should have a service grad student course on
"Optimized Data Representation," "how to say the most with the least
information"--which ultimately resorts to techniques of visualization.
also in the name of Dent Earl, a UC Santa Cruz journalist/biologist
who made a very interesting poster on how you can communicate using
simple, universal symbols. I wonder where Dent is right now. How is he
doing? I definitely am heading toward his direction.
I have a massive Edward Tufte Streak. It gets worse every single day.
For example, I just did a one-hour editing session with my housematey
Karl Rittger on how to optimally present his research on new
algorithms for processing remote-sensing data for snow packs and water-
melt in the Sierra Nevada. Compromise of scales effect. We crunched
and all scattered information into a single streamlined table. And
then we distributed this information on a 3x5 inch poster. Some
columns included in the table were (1) scale of data--the "box
effect" (2) what satellites were used to obtain such data (3) what is
the resolution at each scale (4) frequency of imagery accessible at
each scale (5) sample size of imagery at each scale (6) existing
algorithms used to process each scale (7) new and improved algorithms
used to process each scale (8) descriptive outputs of existing
algorithms (9) descriptive outputs of new algorithms. Streamlined! And
then below this table there will be Box 2 "connecting the 500m with
the 30m resolution" and Box 3 "connecting the 500m with the 1m
resolution" and the final "Conclusion" on the lower right hand side of
the poster, stating how there needs to be more bridging of scales with
remote-sensing analysis.
I am so happy though. I think I will get an "acknowledgments" kudos on
the poster. Victoria "poster design consultant" happy title. I am so,
so happy for such a title. It's all Environmental Media anyway! Karl
said this table will go into his Ph.D. dissertation. No flippin'
kidding. I feel special! :-). Makes me feel like I'm good for
something. Go right brain of Victoria!
To me it's all some kind of visual / cognitive mapping exercise. It'
fun. Like some kind of jigsaw puzzle.
It's funny. My brain operates so fast that I end up drawing my figures
and tables. I have no patience for Adobe Illustrator or even Microsoft
Excel to make my charts and tables.
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