Storymapping & social tagging for CIRN: a folksonomy for collaborative research

Peter Day, \ Helen Goss & Clair Farenden

A dynamic workshop based on the work to date of Community Network Analysis project.

The workshop will start with a short presentation of innovative research around story mapping – using the combined application of community profiling - storytelling, geographical mapping and collaborative folksonomy and social network analysis.

Since conferences offer unique opportunities for interactive collaboration, the presentation will be followed by a series of applied activities revolving around storymapping as process, with the participants themselves providing the raw data.

The practical outcomes - all generated in situ – will with the use of social software help generate a dynamic, interactive and evolving profile of the CIRN story, its network membership and social assets - an example of collaborative research in action.