ROAST, Chris and URUCHURTU, Elizabeth (2016). Reflecting on the Physics of Notations applied to a visualisation case study. In: CORNEJO, Raymondo and MAYORA IBARRA, Oscar, (eds.) MexIHC '16 : 6th Mexican Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. ACM.
|
PDF
Roast - reflecting on the physics of notations.pdf - Accepted Version All rights reserved. Download (314kB) | Preview |
|
PDF (Not available / has comments)
roast_uruchurtu_pon_mex-ihc_submitted+LizComments.pdf - Accepted Version Restricted to Repository staff only All rights reserved. Download (314kB) | Contact the author |
Abstract
This paper presents a critical reflection upon the concept of 'physics of notations' proposed by Moody. This is based upon the post hoc application of the concept in the analysis of a visualisation tool developed for a common place mathematics tool. Although this is not the intended design and development approach presumed or preferred by the physics of notations, there are benefits to analysing an extant visualisation. In particular, our analysis benefits from the visualisation having been developed and refined employing graphic design professionals and extensive formative user feedback. Hence the rationale for specific visualisation features is to some extent traceable. This reflective analysis shines a light on features of both the visualisation and domain visualised, illustrating that it could have been analysed more thoroughly at design time. However the same analysis raises a variety of interesting questions about the viability of scoping practical visualisation design in the framework proposed by the physics of notations.
Item Type: | Book Section |
---|---|
Additional Information: | Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from Permissions@acm.org. MexIHC'16, September 21 - 23, 2016, Colima, Mexico Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM. ACM 978-1-4503-4782-2/16/09…$15.00 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2967175.2967383 |
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre |
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Computing |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1145/2967175.2967383 |
Depositing User: | Chris Roast |
Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2016 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 07:01 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/12901 |
Actions (login required)
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year