Interaction Geography

Interaction geography is an approach to mapping social interaction over space and time. It integrates ideas from geographers such as Torsten Hägerstrand with work in the learning sciences, qualitative methods, and information visualization. It is supported by two open-source tools: Mondrian Transcription, a tool to manually transcribe movement from video, and the Interaction Geography Slicer (IGS), a dynamic visualization tool that allows for exploratory analyses and animations of manually or automatically collected movement, conversation, and video data. The following collaborative projects illustrate different ways to use interaction geography to study, design, or reflect upon physical spaces or experiences in settings such as classrooms, museums, and urban environments.