Interaction Geography

Interaction Geography is a visual method for exploring how people move and interact over space and time in settings like classrooms, museums, and public spaces. It builds on ideas from geographers such as Torsten Hägerstrand, and draws from qualitative research, information visualization, and ethical approaches to data collection and analysis. The method is supported by two open-source tools: Mondrian Transcription, for manually transcribing movement from video when automated tracking isn’t feasible or appropriate, and the Interaction Geography Slicer (IGS), a dynamic visualization tool for exploring movement, conversation, and video data over space and time.