March 15th 2013 was the 200th anniversary of Dr. Snow’s birth, the doctor who used visual mapping and discovered the causes of cholera! As noted by the TED blog, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is celebrating the anniversary with a series of events. What is so special about this map? Visualization expertContinue reading “Knowledge mapping to save lives: happy 200th birthday Dr. Snow”
Author Archives: Sabrina
The last lecture of Professor Poglia: the world in 6 dimensions
Last Thursday Professor Edo Poglia of the University of Lugano gave his Lezione di Commiato, which in English is usually called – with a more engaging title- The Last Lecture. In one hour he had the challenging talk of talking us through his life in research, having now reached the retiring age of 70. TheContinue reading “The last lecture of Professor Poglia: the world in 6 dimensions”
Metaphors of culture: Kazakhstan
How can we describe the culture of a country? The traditional approach is to use dimensions, and in particular Hofstede dimensions. Yet there are several problems with this approach. For instance, how can we describe the culture of Kazakhstan, a country with 17 million inhabitants and a territory of 2,727,300 square kilometres (larger than WesternContinue reading “Metaphors of culture: Kazakhstan”
Economic complexity visualized in a treemap
The observatory of Economic complexity is a website created by MIT Media lab to display visually the economic complexity of countries. You can compare infovis of exports of different countries to grasp the differences: my favourite is the treemap, a powerful information visualization technique invented by Ben Schneiderman and refined by his collaborators through theContinue reading “Economic complexity visualized in a treemap”
PhD position at the University of St. Gallen: Diagramming in Management
A PhD position is open at the University of St. Gallen, institute of Media and Communications Management. The call is for a graduate student, fluent in German and English, interested in exploring the potential of Visualization and Diagrams in Management. See the official call on the HSG website “Am Lehrstuhl für Kommunikationsmanagement (Prof. Dr. MartinContinue reading “PhD position at the University of St. Gallen: Diagramming in Management”
Visual thinking: why and how
A number of useful resources on visual thinking are collected at this link: http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/visual-thinking-guide/ For an e-course on communicating visually see http://www.smartdraw.com/resources/learningcenter/ecourses/ec5_communicating_visually/l1_overview/
Visual techniques can help academics
Visual mapping can help in organizing ideas, communicating clearly and planning the future. Academics can find visualization very useful for their work, in particular: – for notetaking: i.e., with mindmapping or with the Cornell notes template – divide the page into 3 sections: keywords, notes and summary – for mapping your audience (see example )Continue reading “Visual techniques can help academics”
Visualizing migration and diversity data
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity is developing very interesting interactive visualizations to show migration patterns and other diversity related data. They show global migration flows with innovative interactive visual techniques, which are dynamic – showing changes over time. It is also possible to compare two countries and analyzeContinue reading “Visualizing migration and diversity data”
Business Models for non profit organizations
Awesome presentation by Alexander Osterwalder – co-author of the best selling book “Business Model Generation” – on Business Models Beyond Profit – Social Entrepreneurship. Business Models Beyond Profit – Social Entrepreneurship Lecture
Osmania University
My Indian trip ended with a stay at Osmania university, a very lange university in Hyderabad. In the photo you can see the beautifula nd immense building of the Arts college. The campus is so large that a major road, connecting two parts of the city, is crossing the campus. A very big thank youContinue reading “Osmania University”
Sabrina Bresciani, Ph.D. 