A concept map

Before the preparation of the final text, for telling the Story of the Thing, on the basis of the found materials and with the connections (links) to the blog posts, it is necessary to prepare a concept map that reveals the cipher used to present the work done.

A concept map (mappa concettuale), as that proposed in this blog, is a graph that shows the 5-7 basic concepts around which the investigation can be developed. The connections between the concepts give evidence to the relationship among the focal points, and will be used to develop the final text.
A suggestion for the identification of the "names" for the concepts is:

- select abstract nouns
- select object nouns
- select attributes (characteristics, colours, ...)
- select people names
- select geographic places
- select a series of images
- select a series of books
- ...

e.g.

• Postcard: greetings, places, travels, notification, advertisement, travel report,...
• Electric bulb: Edison (the enterprise), Cruto (the inventor), Edy (the fantasy), Picabia (the Dada art), Marenco (the music of the progress), Philips (the industry),...
• Bottle: Coke, Milk, Water, Poison, Sins (Pandora's bottle)
• Bottle: red, white, blue, green, black
• Playing cards: Ace, the Queen of Hearts, the Joker, 7 of diamonds, 2 of clubs, the Juggler (tarot)
• Key: to open, to protect, to consolidate (an arch), to tune (an instrument), to upload (a clock)