Podcast 11: What qualifies as visual language anyway?
April 25, 2008 – 1:49 pmIn the visual thinking community, we frequently use the term visual language. Some would say that it gets used pretty loosely. So, today we began that discussion with 3 experts in our field in order to begin to understand what visual language really means. Neil Cohn, Yuri Engelhardt, and Dave Gray joined us to discuss topics like:
What is a visual language?
Does a visual language require a grammar?
What components make up a visual grammar?
Are certain forms of visualization a language and others not?
Not surprisingly, we come up with as many questions as we do answers. Our experts find some areas of agreement and plenty of areas ripe for further podcasts and live debates. For your convenience, we’re trying out a new format that divides the podcast into 11 digestible segments. Just click on the clip your interested in to skip around.
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One Response to “Podcast 11: What qualifies as visual language anyway?”
I’d like to say thanks again for everyone participating. Tom encouraged us to continue the discussion online, so here goes…
The discussion stuck on my mind quite a while afterwards, and I realized that one of the issues I was striving to express was never articulated cogently and could serve to mediate some of the issues involved. I’ve posted these thoughts to my post of the podcast for all those who might be interested.
By Neil Cohn on Apr 25, 2008