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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2026.1
From Markers to Meaning: A Cognitive–Symbolic Model of Cultural Placemaking

Authors: Maria Carolina Quintana Noriega and Christophe Claramunt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 393, 17th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2026)

Abstract
This paper examines how cultural and artistic interventions contribute to the reappropriation of urban space by reorganizing attention, navigation, and the diffusion of place narratives. Comparing San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico) and Le Panier (Marseille, France), we show that visible, meaning-rich markers act as attentional anchors, with micro-behaviours contributing to broader patterns of representation. Building on these empirical findings, we introduce a cognitive–symbolic model grounded in an anchor ontology that captures visibility, thematic resonance, persistence, and contextual relations, together with five indicators: Attentional Gain, Representational Reach, Neighbourhood Attentional Intensity, Counter-narrative Index, and Narrative Corridor that link micro‑level salience to macro‑level narrative prominence. Across both cities, the results reveal a dual regime in which curated, high‑visibility anchors structure specific routes, while dispersed counter‑narrative markers also persist. The model not only supports computable representations of place but also outlines pathways for integrating empirical data to better understand how cultural expressions shape the spatial narratives through which urban environments become meaningful.
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Maria Carolina Quintana Noriega and Christophe Claramunt. From Markers to Meaning: A Cognitive–Symbolic Model of Cultural Placemaking. In 17th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 393, pp. 1:1-1:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{noriega_et_al:LIPIcs.COSIT.2026.1,
  author =	{Noriega, Maria Carolina Quintana and Claramunt, Christophe},
  title =	{{From Markers to Meaning: A Cognitive–Symbolic Model of Cultural Placemaking}},
  booktitle =	{17th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2026)},
  pages =	{1:1--1:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-438-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{393},
  editor =	{Timpf, Sabine and Filomena, Gabriele and Kapaj, Armand and Zhu, Rui and Giudice, Nicholas A. and Manley, Ed},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2026.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-275457},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2026.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Cultural Placemaking, Urban Street Art, Attentional ecology, Ontology}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.8
Towards a Multidimensional Interaction Framework for Promoting Public Engagement in Citizen Science Projects

Authors: Maryam Lotfian, Jens Ingensand, and Christophe Claramunt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 277, 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023)

Abstract
Citizen science (CS) projects are expanding into various fields and the number of CS applications is expanding. Despite this growth, engaging the public and sustaining their participation remains a challenge. Some studies have proposed that interacting with participants is an effective way to sustain their participation. This paper introduces a framework that outlines complementary levels of interaction including basic, incentivized, user-centered and action-oriented interactions. The interaction levels range from basic acknowledgments to instructions for taking action. The integration of these interactions within the spatial, temporal, and thematic dimensions is also discussed. The proposed framework is applied to a biodiversity CS project that involves different types of real-time feedback to participants based on the location, time, and image of the species observations. Location-based feedback is based on the species distribution models, and provides information on the probability of observing a certain species in a given location, as well as suggestions on the species to be observed in the participant’s vicinity. Overall, the multi-dimensional interaction framework provides CS practitioners with insights into the various ways they can maintain communication with participants, whether through real-time machine-generated interactions or interactions between the project team and participants.
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Maryam Lotfian, Jens Ingensand, and Christophe Claramunt. Towards a Multidimensional Interaction Framework for Promoting Public Engagement in Citizen Science Projects. In 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 277, pp. 8:1-8:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{lotfian_et_al:LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.8,
  author =	{Lotfian, Maryam and Ingensand, Jens and Claramunt, Christophe},
  title =	{{Towards a Multidimensional Interaction Framework for Promoting Public Engagement in Citizen Science Projects}},
  booktitle =	{12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023)},
  pages =	{8:1--8:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-288-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{277},
  editor =	{Beecham, Roger and Long, Jed A. and Smith, Dianna and Zhao, Qunshan and Wise, Sarah},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-189030},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Citizen Science, Multidimensional Interaction, Participation, User-centered Feedback, Machine Learning, Biodiversity}
}

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