Fitting issues: The visual representation of time in family tree diagrams.
Family tree diagrams are a specific type of visual representation of time that serve a range of purposes. This research considers their semiosic development across western cultures using cases from the earliest extant copies of the eighth century to current online versions. Cases are taken from the...
| Publicado en: | Sign Systems Studies Vol. 42; no. 2-3; pp. 241 - 281 |
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University of Tartu
2014
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This research considers their semiosic development across western cultures using cases from the earliest extant copies of the eighth century to current online versions. Cases are taken from the fields of religion, genealogy, history, anthropology, genetics, and popular culture. The paper begins with a general model of tree design based upon the linguistic representation of time, or tense, and then discusses in case study fashion, how each design was composed to support its use. Composition is discussed using the visual variables of the direction of time on the page, the key reference point, scale, alphanumeric and pictorial symbols, symbol positions, and the size, colour, tone, and texture of symbols and graphic elements. The paper argues that choices for the direction of time flow in a tree (e.g. left-to-right, right-to-left, top-down, etc.) depend upon many factors, which are the use of the diagram, the amount of information that needs to fit onto the page, patterns of reading and writing, aesthetic needs, the linguistic metaphor of descent, cultural values, and the "ideal-real" continuum that exists along the vertical axis for some types of graphics. Sugupuudiagrammid moodustavad aja visuaalse representeerimise konkreetse tüübi, mis võib täita mitmesuguseid eesmärke. Käesolev uuring vaatleb nende semioosilist kujunemist lääne kultuurides, kasutades materjali alates 8. sajandist pärinevatest varaseimatest olemasolevatest eksemplaridest kuni tänapäeva võrguversioonideni. Näiteid tuuakse religiooni, suguvõsauuringute, ajaloo, antropoloogia, geneetika ja popkultuuri vallast. Artikkel algab sugupuukavandamise üldise mudeliga, mis põhineb aja või grammatilise ajakategooria keelelisel kujutamisel; seejärel vaadeldakse üksikjuhtumitele toetudes, kuidas iga kavand selle kasutust silmas pidades on koostatud. Koostamist arutatakse, kasutades selliseid visuaalseid muutujaid nagu aja suunatus leheküljel, peamine lähtepunkt, skaala, alfanumeerilised ja pildilised sümbolid, sümbolipaigutus ning sümbolite ja graafiliste elementide suurus, värv, toon ja tekstuur. Artiklis väidetakse, et aja liikumissuuna valik sugupuus (s.t vasakult paremale, paremalt vasakule, ülalt alla jne) sõltub paljudest teguritest, milleks on diagrammi kasutamine, leheküljele mahtuma pidava info kogus, kirjutamis- ja lugemismustrid, esteetilised vajadused, päritolu tähistav keeleline metafoor, kultuurilised väärtused ning "ideaalse-reaalse" kontiinuum, mis mõnda tüüpi graafika puhul esineb vertikaalteljel. Диаграммы генеалогического древа составляют конкретный тип визуальной репрезен-тации времени. Данное исследование рассматривает их возникновение и развитие в западной культуре начиная с самых ранних образцов 18 века до современных сетевых версий. Примеры приведены из областей религии, генеалогии, истории, антропологии, генетики и поп-культуры. Сначала рассматривается общая генеалогическая модель, основывающаяся на вербальном изображении времени или на грамматической катего-рии времени, затем показывается, как, исходя из этой модели, составлены конкретные образцы. При описании выделяются следующие визуальные характеристики: направ-ление времени на странице, главная точка отсчета, шкала, альфанумерические и изо-бразительные символы, расстановка символов и величина, цвет, тон и текстура сим-волов и графических элементов. В статье утверждается, что выбор движения времени в генеалогическом древе (т.е. слева направо, справа налево, сверху вниз и т.п.) зави-сит от многих факторов: использования диаграмм, количества помещенной на одной странице информации, паттернов написания и чтения, эстетических потребностей, связанных с происхождением языковых метафор, культурных ценностей и континуума «идеально-реального». pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Sign Systems Studies is the property of University of Tartu and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. 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