Proposed focus for Contextmapping Research

Human interactions in Visual Thinking process in group sessions are suggested as the focus of 3. Contextmapping research.

We want to know how Visual Thinkers respond to the dynamic and diverse reality, such as different backgrounds of participants, and different issues, should gain further studies. Visual Thinkers have to utilize their experience to interact with the dynamic context properly and quickly. The interactions in Visual Thinking process are still unclear although it is crucial factor to a successful Visual Thinking session.

Learned from the discussion in the previous post and 2. Analysis, the missing puzzles in preceding studies are the stages, “personal insights” and “shared vision”. Visual Thinkers should dive deep into people’s insights and lift them high to shared visions to reach the goal of Visual Thinking, to effectively help participants see problems and solve them together. All of the mentioned activities are still unclear in academic literature and publications by visual practitioners. They require close interactions between Visual Thinkers and session participants.

Therefore, I proposed the focus on the human interactions in the Contextmapping research in the context of JAM visual thinking.