Curated navigational map — seeing, observation & representation

Seeing, Observation & Representation: what is an observer actually looking at?

Clyde Street repeatedly unsettles the idea that seeing is simple capture. An official sees from one position; replay creates another. A chart changes salience without changing the underlying data. A colour system can invite a closer look without explaining performance. A missingness plot can be visually accurate and semantically wrong. A memory can matter while remaining fallible. A real-time tool can add information and also create another filtering problem.

The rows ask where the seeing or representation problem sits. The columns ask what Keith does with that problem: change vantage, expose definitions, add tools, redesign the representation, ask what is hidden, connect seeing to learning, check validity, or leave uncertainty visible.

Boundary: more visibility is not automatically better knowledge. More cameras do not remove judgement. A visualisation is not the thing itself. A representation change is not a measurement change. A missing value is not always an unknown value. A compelling narrative or beautiful display does not establish validity. Augmentation does not transfer responsibility from the human observer.

Hover or focus a heading for its meaning. Hover a source link for the exact crossing; click or tap it to pin the source card. Repeated references highlight so you can follow the same source through different problems of seeing.

KnowabilityWhat Can an Observer Know? Video & viewpointDoes Video Have a Use? Evidential limitWhen a Limit Actually Constrains the Account Collection choicesWhat Kind of Information Do You Want to Collect? Source stateWhat Has to Travel with Knowledge?
45 curated Clyde Street sources 261 exact-cell entrances ● Keith’s synthesis / enacted use substantive ◐ Keith + substantial external material ○ external source substantially dominant
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A representation is an invitation to judge, not a substitute for judgement.

The source card will show what the post is about, why it belongs in the exact row × column crossing you selected, the boundary that stops the representation becoming too strong a claim, and routes back to Clyde Street or onward into related articles.

WHERE does the seeing / representation problem sit? ↓HOW does Keith handle the problem? →

Reading rule: this is not a taxonomy of visual methods and not a league table of good representations. The rows separate different observational problems that can look similar on the surface. The columns are different ways Keith handles them. Blank cells are allowed. A source may appear repeatedly only where it gives a genuinely different route back into the original post.