Apr 15 - Dec 18, 2009
Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Are you interested in seeing science from above? Curious to see what impact one single person or invention can have? Keen to find pockets of innovation? Desperate for better tools to manage the information flood? Or are you simply fascinated by maps? Then visit the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit at on display at Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
The exhibit aims to demonstrate the power of maps to navigate and make sense of physical places and abstract topic spaces. The display features the first five of ten iterations of the Places & Spaces exhibit. Also shown are Illuminated Diagram displays by W. Bradford Paley, Kevin Boyack, John Burgoon, Peter Kennard, and Richard Klavans and Worldprocessor globes by Ingo Günther, and hands-on science maps for kids with paintings by Fileve Palmer.
Scientists will be stimulated, students and teachers encouraged, and the general public fascinated by this multi-layered accessible approach to the worlds of modern scientific thought.
Exhibit Curators
Dr. Katy Börner <katy@indiana.edu> and Elisha Hardy <efhardy@indiana.edu>,Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Local Exhibit Curators
Bonnie DeVarco, Media X Distinguished Visiting Scholar devarco@cruzio.comMartha Russell, Media X at Stanford University marthar@stanford.edu
Address
Media X at Stanford University
Wallenberg Hall, Building 160
450 Serra Drive
Stanford University
Stanford, California 93405
Maps On Display
- 1st Iteration (2005): The Power of Maps
- 2nd Iteration (2006): The Power of Reference Systems
- 3rd Iteration (2007): The Power of Forecasts
- 4th Iteration (2008): Science Maps for Economic Decision Makers
- 5th Iteration (2009): Science Maps for Science Policy Makers
Additional Elements
Related Press
- NextNow Collaboratory. 2009. NextNow Collab Visualization Expert Bonnie DeVarco at Stanford Media X May 18, 2009. NextNow Collaboratory: Connective Intelligence for Collective Action, May 10. (website accessed 5/15/09).
- Vizworld.com. 2009. Art and Technology of Science Visualizations-May 18th, Stanford University. Vizworld: Your Source for Visualization and Graphics News, May 13. (website accessed 5/15/09).
Special Events
- May 18, 5th iteration debut. Guest speakers via Skype: Katy Borner, Elisha Hardy, Charles House, Sarah Williams, Johan Bollen, Kevin Boyack
Acknowledgements
Places & Spaces is curated Dr. Katy Börner & Elisha Hardy, School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University. Places & Spaces also receives input from the Advisory Board listed on the exhibit website. The exhibit is sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IIS-0238261, CHE-0524661, IIS-0737783 and IIS-0715303; the James S. McDonnell Foundation; Thomson Scientific/Reuters; the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, University Information Technology Services, and the School of Library and Information Science, all three at Indiana University. Some of the data used to generate the science maps is from Thomson Scientific/Reuters. Graphic Design by Elisha Hardy.
The Places & Spaces Exhibit has been brought to Wallenberg Hall by Media X at Stanford University. Media X is an affiliate program of the HSTAR Institute – Human Sciences Technology Advanced Research. Programs and activities of Media X bridge academic and industrial research at the intersection of people and information technologies. Visualization research at Stanford University involves an interdisciplinary community of scholars and students across the entire University, working with business colleagues. http://mediax.stanford.edu/
