Data Embodiment: Irrupting space with digital narratives

dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributor.advisorVuori, Rasmus
dc.contributor.authorRebolledo, Barbara
dc.contributor.schoolTaiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulufi
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Arts, Design and Architectureen
dc.contributor.supervisorVuori, Rasmus
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-31T09:08:20Z
dc.date.available2018-05-31T09:08:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractSharing content on the internet has become an everyday practice. Digital communities use social media as a platform to develop discussions using hashtags, centred around both trivial and politically relevant subjects. By creating a dynamic data sculpture, Ephemeral Data, this thesis examines whether embodying LGBT-related hashtags into a physical form has the potential to create space for empathy, discussion, and engagement. In so doing, Ephemeral Data explores the transition of digital information into physical artefacts, becoming a new medium to signify political debate within the digital realm. Examining whether alternative forms of representation of a data stream can change our perceptions and whether this transition to an embodied object can reframe the semantic meaning of these digital bits of self-generated content. This thesis concludes that seeing data visualised physically in space can raise awareness of a controversial subject matter. It does not, however, appear to change the literal meaning of the subject in question.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/31315
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201805312744
dc.language.isoenen
dc.locationP1 OPINNÄYTTEET D 2017 Rebolledo
dc.programmefi
dc.subject.keyworddata embodimenten
dc.subject.keyworddata visualisationen
dc.subject.keyworddata mappingen
dc.subject.keywordpolitical controversyen
dc.subject.keywordsocial mediaen
dc.subject.keywordhashtagsen
dc.titleData Embodiment: Irrupting space with digital narrativesen
dc.typeG2 Pro gradu, diplomityöfi
dc.type.ontasotMaster's thesisen
dc.type.ontasotMaisterin opinnäytefi
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