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Figure6.3. ExtractoftheASWmicro-thesaurusofregionsoftheAmericancontinent
Figure 3.3 shows a simple example of such a procedure of physical geographic
location. The example relates to the geographical location of the remnants of the
Chavín technical culture on the altiplano of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. As we
can see in Figure 3.3, the task of physical location (which is a specialized task of
spatial contextualization of a knowledge object thematized in an audiovisual text) is
taken care of by a specific sequence in the model of description. In our example, it is
the second sequence in the model of description with which we can describe
audiovisual corpora concerned with subjects relating to one or more civilizations,
past or present, on the American continent. The procedure of description itself, made
up of various specific activities of description, is carried out in two stages:
1. Firstly, we carry out a macro-location of the knowledge object thematized in
the audiovisual text (or in such-and-such a passage therein). In our case, that macro-
location leads us to the mountain range <Andean Cordillera> which runs across
South America from north to south. The macro-location of a knowledge object is
carried out by way of the first sub-sequence of the sequence reserved for
geographical location (see Figure 3.3).
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