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The  isquares Project

6/26/2015

 
iSquare is an ongoing, arts-informed, visual research project into the concept of information. It is geared for scholars, educators, and students in the field of information science but may be of interest to others, too. The study explores: 1) How do people visualize the concept of information?, 2) How do visual conceptions of information differ among various populations?, and 3) How do these images relate to conceptions of information made of words?

To answer these questions, our research team (led by Dr. Jenna Hartel) at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto employs an empirical, visual method known as the draw-and-write technique. Research subjects are given a 4.25" by 4.25" piece of paper and asked to express their understanding of information in the form of a drawing. On the back side of the same paper they are prompted to, "Say a few words about your drawing...". The process generates a compact piece of visual and textual data coined an "iSquare."

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