Seeing as Science (2.2)

Question 1

What are 3 practices that influence “professional vision”

Answer 1

• coding (Turn observations into objects of knowledge)
• highlighting (Draw attention to certain features of the situation)
• Producing material representations(figures and charts)

Question 2

What is perception?

Answer 2

Perceiving an event is not transparent, objective act
but one that is contextually situated
- Bottom-up (processing info as it is coming in) and top down (applying prior knowledge than filling in gaps) influences.

Question 3

What does transforming perceptual event onto and object of knowledge depend on?

Answer 3

• stimulus
• methods of describing it
• specific context/ motivation

Question 4

What is Goodwin’s method?

Answer 4

Goal: understanding social interactions and situated tool use.
Primary methods -> Video recordings and transcriptions

Question 5

How is video recording helpful to perception?

Answer 5

•Preserves conversations, body movements, engagement with artifacts, etc.
•Permits repeated examination of the event
- but limited perspective

Question 6

How are transcriptions used for perception?

Answer 6

Transform the complicated visual and vocal events into something that can be incorporated into a written format.
There is dif. transcription methods like Jefferson Transcription System

Question 7

What is coding?

Answer 7

Transforming complicated stimuli into categories that are relevant for analysis.

Question 8

How do coding schemes organize perception?

Answer 8

• The coding scheme provides a perspective for: Thinking about the stimuli, Perceiving the stimuli, Engaging with the stimuli, Analyzing the stimuli, Communicating about the stimuli
• Perspectives reveal certain features and conceal others
• Conventional coding schemes make comparisons easier within disciplines that use them

Question 9

Highlighting and Perception

Answer 9

The real world is complicated and attention is a limited resource highlighting plays a role in marking what’s important, it is subjective.

Question 10

How does graphic representations play a role in perception?

Answer 10

Plays a role in communicating findings, condensed forms of information, they tell stories. Maps and figures often follow conventions.