Knot: an interface for the study of social networks in the humanities

Authors:
Giorgio Uboldi;Giorgio Caviglia;Nicole Coleman;Sébastien Heymann;Glauco Mantegari;Paolo Ciuccarelli
Affiliations:
DensityDesign Research Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;DensityDesign Research Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;Spatial and Textual Analysis Stanford University;Spatial and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Place Jussieu, Paris, France;Spatial and Textual Analysis Stanford University;DensityDesign Research Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Venue:
Proceedings of the Biannual Conference of the Italian Chapter of SIGCHI
Year:
2013

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Abstract

This paper describes the design of Knot, a digital tool for exploring historical social networks, developed within a multidisciplinary research context involving designers, humanities scholars and computer scientists. The goal of the tool is to provide scholars and researchers with an environment for exploring multi-dimensional and heterogeneous data, allowing them to discover and create explicit and implicit relationships between people, places and events. What distinguishes our approach to traditional network exploration and analysis is an emphasis on the construction of the network graph through the visual interface, rather than on its static observation. Knot aims to explore new opportunities for interface design and information visualization within the definition of novel research practices in the humanities, bringing together scholars, HCI, design, and computer science communities.