Case 1 (iv)Narrative Pattrens in the Shahnameh

MDST 3559: DataestheticsProf. Alvarado03/31/2011

Business

• Comments working?

Review

• Method– “Distant Reading”– Cultural Analytics is like archaeology

• Image Graphs– Use of X and Y space to show dimensions– E.g. Narrative Time vs. Manuscript Tradition

• See V5– Code Review: Using arrays to transform data structures– Visualization Review

Method 2: Use the Array Pattern

• Create a new array to store the results of your “data loop”– The foreach() loop where you grab rows and columns

• Second array will mirror the X / Y structure of the visualization we want– Remember that arrays are like this:

$array[X][Y][Z];

• More complicated at first, but more effective and elegant– Gives you greater control

• See v3.ph, etc.

Visualization Review

See V4 and V5

http://studio1.shanti.virginia.edu/~rca2t/dataesthetics/03-29/v4.php

http://studio1.shanti.virginia.edu/~rca2t/dataesthetics/03-29/v5.php

What is added by V5?

• Some MSs emphasize certain sequences– Contrast with the first viz, which showed which

episodes are emphasized• Examples– EP 390—416 (PECK)– EP 832—901 (PECK)– EP 101—116 (58G)

Overview

• Begin where we left off– RUSTAM : KAY KAUS :: IMAGE : TEXT?

• Review story behind the “hot spot” from our visualization

• Read the story for patterns • Explore techniques for visualizing narrative

patterns

http://www-958.ibm.com/me/visualizations/word-cloud-of-episode-titles-from-/comments/5369046255d211e09087000255111976%23http://www-958.ibm.com/me/visualizations/word-cloud-of-episode-titles-from-/comments/5369046255d211e09087000255111976

Actually, Rustam Big in Text Too

• RUSTAM = 121• KAY KHUSRAW = 80• KHUSRAW PARWIZ = 57

See ManyEyes viz

http://www-958.ibm.com/me/visualizations/word-cloud-of-episode-titles-from--2/comments/a7729b405b9a11e0a916000255111976

Interesting that the central figure in a Book of Kings is not a King

Let’s drill down into the text to find out more

The March into Mazinderan

http://studio1.shanti.virginia.edu/~rca2t/dataesthetics/03-31/shah-march.html

Discuss text as visualization

Zooming in from the larger visualization

Who is Rustem?

SHAH

ZAL

RUSTAM

Structure?

Rustem = PowerPuff GirlsKai Kaus = MayorZal = Father (kind of)King of M = Mojo JojoWhite Deev = One of MJ's minionsLions, etc. = Fuzzy Lumpkins?

Structure

Frodo = DorothyRing = SlippersSam = Tin Man, etc.Gandalf = Good WitchSauron = Bad WitchGollum = Toto -> mediator

Character StructureRustam as Liminal Hero

SHAH

PRIEST (Zal)

KNIGHT(GEW)

RUSTAM

Structuralist “Prosopography”

Recurring patterns and structures imply cultural models

Political OrganizationKING / COUNCILLOR (PRIEST) / WARRIOR

Nature of PowerRoyal Power is fragile and dependent

Now, How to Describe and Represent?

Other Patterns

• Characteristic events (event types) and sequences– E.g. drinking wine

• Implied social networks• Next week, we will look at these patterns and

explore tools to visualize them