L’articolo analizza il ruolo della rappresentazione nella definizione di mappature dell’ambiente costruito e delle attività antropiche a esso correlate, e la capacità di tradurre insiemi di dati multidisciplinari in informazioni, e quindi in conoscenza. Attraverso analisi sulle strutture simboliche e grafiche delle mappe prodotte in diversi ambiti, ci si sofferma sull’efficacia visiva dei sistemi adottati. Partendo da una serie di studi sulla visualizzazione e sul trasferimento di informazioni dal campo verbale a quello visivo, viene discusso ed evidenziato il carattere delle più recenti modalità di rappresentazione. Queste, intese quali sistemi cognitivi in grado di consentire riflessioni su processi e fenomeni spaziali, permettono di incidere sulle modificazioni dello spazio antropico e naturale. E, specie con riferimento a realtà territoriali complesse quali quelle del Mediterraneo, offrono la possibilità di gestire con maggiore efficacia dati e informazioni integrate di diversa natura, e di intervenire in maniera più sostenibile sullo spazio urbano e i paesaggi antropici.
The article analyses the role of representation in the definition of maps of the built environment and human activities, and in the translation of multidisciplinary data sets into information, and therefore into knowledge. By analysing the symbolic and graphic structures of the maps produced in different areas, we focus on the visual effectiveness of the systems adopted. Starting from a series of studies on visualization and on the transfer of information from the verbal to the visual field, the character of the most recent modes of representation is discussed and highlighted. These representations understood as cognitive systems capable of allowing reflections on spatial processes and phenomena make it possible to influence anthropic and natural space modifications. And, especially concerning complex territorial realities such as those of the Mediterranean, they offer the possibility to manage more effectively integrated data and information of various kinds and to intervene more sustainably on urban space and anthropogenic landscapes.
Infographics and Maps as Tools for the Construction and Use of Anthropic Landscapes
Stefano Chiarenza
2021-01-01
Abstract
The article analyses the role of representation in the definition of maps of the built environment and human activities, and in the translation of multidisciplinary data sets into information, and therefore into knowledge. By analysing the symbolic and graphic structures of the maps produced in different areas, we focus on the visual effectiveness of the systems adopted. Starting from a series of studies on visualization and on the transfer of information from the verbal to the visual field, the character of the most recent modes of representation is discussed and highlighted. These representations understood as cognitive systems capable of allowing reflections on spatial processes and phenomena make it possible to influence anthropic and natural space modifications. And, especially concerning complex territorial realities such as those of the Mediterranean, they offer the possibility to manage more effectively integrated data and information of various kinds and to intervene more sustainably on urban space and anthropogenic landscapes.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
