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18 10 2017
12 things you will learn about Katowice culture thanks to Medialab research
Only a few years ago, no one would have conceived a thought of Katowice becoming a city associated with culture. In 2015, however, following a brief yet intensive period of investment in cultural infrastructure and cultural events, Katowice joined the exclusive international group of UNESCO Creative Cities. Has the city undergone a true cultural revolution? Is Katowice’s current en-vogue status just a passing fad or could it be a herald of major changes in the city centre? In order to find out, we teamed up with cultural researchers, designers, programmers and analysts to study responses given by 3633 participants in over a dozen local events, and analyse tens of thousands of posts published in social media and web-based information services. What we present below is a 12-point list of things to look out for in the exhibition and report summarising our project.
Karol Piekarski
15 08 2017
How we used Google Maps to review the transport accessibility of cultural institutions
What does it mean that an institution is easily accessible to participants? The problem of accessibility is certainly not limited to transportation networks and means of transport. Using the example of one educational institution, we show how the Google Distance Matrix API can be used to do carry out transport accessibility studies.
Karol Piekarski
15 05 2017
Address mapping: how we process spatial data from a survey
With a host of easy-to-use online tools available, spatial data visualisation has become a helpful research tool. Having accurate data, we can conveniently generate clear and engaging statistical maps. The situation becomes more complicated when we work with faulty or erratic content downloaded from social media or received from survey participants. To get any use out of it, the data needs to undergo a laborious verification process.
Karol Piekarski, Paweł Jaworski
21 03 2017
Where’s the Culture? A Cultural Event Geography by Facebook
Is it possible to map cultural activity across the city based on social data? Well, we gave it a go! Using the information available on Facebook, we set out to trace the dynamics of the local cultural life to find out whether the city’s geographical centre is also where its cultural heart beats.
Hanna Kostrzewska, Paweł Jaworski