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De/composing constellations: reflections on the development of a collaborative multimedia ethnographic research tool Halff, Lawrence Albert
Abstract
Constellations 2.5 is a collaborative multimedia research tool. It allows a community of researchers to catalog video footage, images, audio footage, text, and World Wide Web references in a shared database, where each piece of data is represented as a "star." All of the users in the database can annotate and analyze this common set of stars by grouping related stars into collections called "constellations," and tagging stars and constellations with key words. Each key word is associated with a numerical rating which describes the relationship between the tag and the piece of data. This paper presents a detailed description and analysis of Constellations from the point of view of one of its principal designers and programmers. In it, I describe the theories which have influenced its development of Constellations, the history of the design and programming, and the features and workings of the program. I also present a critical analysis of the program and discuss possibilities for its further development. The descriptions, historical accounts, and analyses presented in this paper are meant to contribute to and encourage reflection on the ways in which emerging information technologies are influencing and reforming both the processes by which we generate information and the kinds of information we generate.
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De/composing constellations: reflections on the development of a collaborative multimedia ethnographic research tool
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University of British Columbia
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1996
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Description |
Constellations 2.5 is a collaborative multimedia research tool. It allows a
community of researchers to catalog video footage, images, audio footage, text,
and World Wide Web references in a shared database, where each piece of data is
represented as a "star." All of the users in the database can annotate and analyze
this common set of stars by grouping related stars into collections called
"constellations," and tagging stars and constellations with key words. Each key
word is associated with a numerical rating which describes the relationship
between the tag and the piece of data.
This paper presents a detailed description and analysis of Constellations from
the point of view of one of its principal designers and programmers. In it, I
describe the theories which have influenced its development of Constellations,
the history of the design and programming, and the features and workings of the
program. I also present a critical analysis of the program and discuss possibilities
for its further development. The descriptions, historical accounts, and analyses
presented in this paper are meant to contribute to and encourage reflection on
the ways in which emerging information technologies are influencing and
reforming both the processes by which we generate information and the kinds of
information we generate.
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eng
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2009-02-12
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0054940
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University of British Columbia
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1996-05
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Graduate
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.