Visualization for Search: Strolling through Information Landscapes

dc.contributor.author	Dörk, Marian	eng
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-15T21:46:02Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-15T21:46:02Z
dc.date.issued	2012-05-10
dc.description.abstract	Regardless whether during work or leisure, growing information spaces accompany more and more of our everyday activities. As we go through lists of search results, news items, and status updates, we encounter digital information for a wide range of purposes. While the dominant models of information seeking emphasize information needs and gaps, the model of the information flaneur advocates a shift away from deficiencies towards more positive tendencies such as curiosity and creativity. Using the exploratory mindset of an urban flaneur as a lens, one can envision new ways of making information collections more explorable using interactive visualizations. In this talk, I will present the information flaneur and several visualization projects that are inspired by this positive model for information seeking.	eng
dc.description.refereed	Yes	eng
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29647
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49027
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.publisher.corporate	University of Calgary	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Science	eng
dc.title	Visualization for Search: Strolling through Information Landscapes	eng
dc.type	Presentation	eng
thesis.degree.discipline	Computer Science	eng