Abstract
New technologies have allowed traditional map production criteria to be modified or even subverted. Starting from the communication sciences—journalism in particular—and digital humanities via the history of communication, we show how to use interactive digital maps for the production and publication of knowledge through and/or for participation. Firstly, we establish the theoretical-conceptual framework necessary to base the practices, dividing the elements into three areas: interactive maps and knowledge production (decentralization, pluralization, reticularization, and humanization), maps as instruments to promote political and social participation (egalitarianism, horizontality, and criticism), and maps as instruments for the visualization of data that favors the user experience (interactivity, multimediality, reticularity of reading, and participation). Next, we present two cases that we developed to put into practice the theoretical concepts that we established: the Mapa Infoparticipa (Infoparticipa Map), which shows the results of the evaluation of the transparency of public administrations, and the Ciutadania Plural (Plural Citizenship) web platform for the production of social knowledge about the past and the present. This theoretical and practical model shows the possibilities of interactive maps as tools to promote political participation and as instruments for the construction of social knowledge in a collaborative, participatory, networked way.
Highlights
The mapping of states began in the 16th century
We take a theoretical approach by considering the two fields from which we start: (I) communication sciences and journalism as a professional practice and social institution within the framework of these disciplines; and (II) the digital humanities, which we address from the history of communication
With regards to the plural humanism approach, web platforms have been built to develop innovative products in the field of journalism and communication aimed at facilitating the participation of plural citizens in the democratic functioning of society
Summary
The mapping of states began in the 16th century. as José María Perceval explains, “The map is not a description of reality. These notions have been examined from the perspective of the history of communication by Moreno, Molina, and Simelio [64], who experiment with tools that use space, time, and information coordinates to associate personal experiences with explanations about the collective past and the present, using mapping tools associated with other tools so that everyone can access the information by browsing according to their interests through a multimedia user experience This perspective develops the concepts plural humanism and plural citizenship to show that current societies are made up of people with different characteristics in terms of gender, age, geographic and cultural origin, economic capacity, social stratum, etc. The Internet society requires new forms of communication and information management, and all the more so as the media and communication systems (together with the means of transport) are at the heart of today’s global society [65]
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