Network Mapping & Analysis Workshop
Burak Arikan, artist, MIT Media Lab alumni/ITP adjunct, this year’s ISEA panel chair, etc (bio here) is coming to Shanghai in the end of this month while in transit for his workshop in Mongolia with Arthub Asia and Open Academy, and is giving a lecture and workshop at Xindanwei.
Time: Talk/Lecture: June 28th, Tuesday, 19:00-21:00
Workshop: June 29th, Wednesday, 19:00-22:00
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd., Shanghai
Cost: 30 rmb/person/night, coffee and tea served
Lecturer: Burak Arikan
About the event on June 28, 7PM: Artist presentation/talk
About the event on June 29, 7 PM: 3-hour workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis. Starting from hands on simple drawing exercises participants gradually build complex compositions on the computer. Emphasis on network topology, relationship types, information modeling, visual analysis, centralization, and clustering. Participants learn the most through observing, sketching, collaborating, and participating in the discussions. Workshop participants should bring their laptop for the mapping exercises
Graph Commons will be used for the exercises.
http://graphcommons.com
PART I: How to map networks?
Graph theory, relationship types, network topologies, modeling
PART II: How to analyze networks?
Centralization, clustering, structural holes
About the lecturer:
Burak works with network structures and dynamics to explore issues in techno-politics and alternative economics. His creative network workshop series is focusing on the design of large scale networks as a creative activity and expanding the individual’s thinking about the network as a creative medium.
More info about the network mapping and analysis workshops:
http://teaching.burak-arikan.com/creative-networking
More info about my work and bio:
burak-arikan.com
The two evenings are presented in collaboration with Arthub Asia www.arthubasia.org
