Barbara Tversky : Narratives of Space, Time and Life

Narratives of Space, Time and Life

Main Idea :

Mind Constructs stories from chaos.
Our mind creates objects in space and actions in time. We conjure up scenarios in our mind. some people want the narratives to include character,emotion or have the narrative voice.

Space and Perspective.
Space surrounds us. Narratives are linear and one thing comes up after another. We need consistency of perspective to construct a mental framework to place the object. Speakers describe environment from stationary viewpoint. Landmarks are located with some reference. Environment is experienced from a height using the survey perspective. Gaze perspective is obtained a single viewpoint, it can be used when entire scene can be viewed from one position. Route perspective is a representation of two events linked in a time.

Organization of Spatial Mental Models

Descriptions take survey and route perspectives and switched between perspectives. A consistent perspective is not required to establish mental spatial framework.


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