Place cookies and setting spiders in dream cartography

This article contributes to understanding the difference between objective space and subjective place. New data models and visual methods, which make possible the comparison between dream settings, are necessary to an exploratory analysis of dreams. The subjective perception of settings is decompose...

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Published inTransactions in GIS Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 944 - 966
Main Authors Iosifescu Enescu, Cristina M., Bär, Hans‐Rudolf, Beilstein, Matthias, Hurni, Lorenz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2020
Subjects
Cartography
Data models
Familiarity
Methods
Radar
Surveying
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Summary:This article contributes to understanding the difference between objective space and subjective place. New data models and visual methods, which make possible the comparison between dream settings, are necessary to an exploratory analysis of dreams. The subjective perception of settings is decomposed by studying dream reports, by applying a survey, and by considering related scientific literature. This leads to the construction of two data models, which are applied in dream cartography. The place cookie model features the dreamer's familiarity with the setting, being visualized in the form of concentric circles. The setting spider model is based on 26 variables, extensively characterizing the setting. These are grouped into eight factors, and visualized in a compact radar chart with eight “legs.” As a superordinate system of the setting spider, the event spider is developed, describing the whole dream scene. The proposed models and visualization methods can be transferred for real‐life events (settings).
ISSN:1361-1682
1467-9671
DOI:10.1111/tgis.12604