Knowledge Discovery: The “Events — Projects” Mapping

The 9/11 Curator Project and Beyond

This article is part of the Slow Cognition Project which focuses on Developing Tacit Knowledge with Thematic Space Canvas. The Knowledge Discovery Canvas is an application of the Thematic Space Canvas.

The Knowledge Discovery Canvas has two nested squares which divide the thematic space into two sub-spaces: inner space and outer space. For Developing Tacit Knowledge, the inner space is all about personal knowing activities while the outer space is related to social interactions.

Based on the above settings, I generated a series of mapping between outer space and inner space:

• Approaches — Tastes
• Concepts — Notions
• Events — Projects
• Domains — Works
• Perspectives — Views
• Frameworks — Insights
• Methods — Guides
• Heuristics — Skills

Today I’ll focus on the Events — Projects mapping and use my “9/11” thematic space as an example for the present discussion.

The original name of Knowledge Discovery Canvas is Thematic Space Canvas, the term “Knowledge” should be understood as “Tacit Knowledge about a particular Theme”. The…