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Figure 10: MIT's Real-time Rome. Venice Biennale. Sep 2006.
Source: http://senseable.mit.edu/realtimerome/
7- The 'drawn' map vs visualisations maps with dynamic content
and self-generated maps
Earlier in this chapter de Certeau's Space and Place concepts were out-
lined. To re-cap, he described place as: “an instantaneous configuration of
positions” … “is stable and not affected by changes or the dynamics of
everyday life. And, Space: “composed of intersections of mobile elements”
… “is dynamic and a continually-changing conglomerate entity that exists
in any point in time” ... “a 'practiced place', whereby a place does not
come into life unless a user practices it” (de Certeau 1984).
Looking at the examples of 'designed' representations and visualisations
and maps with dynamic content and self-generated maps, shown in the
previous sections of the chapter, how do they relate to de Certeau's Space
and Place concepts? Below, in Table 1 , is a summary of how each product
relates to the concepts.