Re: Spatial metaphors

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"Daniel Kelly (AKA Jack)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le
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> Hi,
>
> I'm researching the 1st chapter of my PhD thesis and I'd be very
> appreciative to hear your views and ideas on the following question:
>
> Where do we use spatial and mapping metaphors to describe aspects of the
> world and society?
>
> And could you point me towards any philosophical / psychological
literature
> on this subject?
>
> Examples I've bumped into are:
>
> 1) Descriptions of narrative structure & characterisation (the "character
> arc", "where have you got to in the story?", depth of the character, etc.)
>
> 2) Family trees (especially in incestuous / inbred family structures)
>
> 3) Social & professional hierarchy ("The King powered above all his
> subjects", "his family life was going down the tube")
>
> 4) Graphical representation of music (something similar to Media Player's
> visualisations; and dancing)
>
> 5) Time (time line)
>
> 6) Hypertext "maps"
>
> 7) Data visualisation (graphs, 3D representations etc)
>
> 8) Hand gestures to accompany speech
>
> Thanks,
> Jack
>
>