A New Kind of GeoInformatics Built on Living Structure and on the Organic View of Space

Date: 6 January 2023 (Friday)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Hong Kong Time)

Speaker: Professor JIANG Bin, University of Gävle, Sweden

Topic: A New Kind of GeoInformatics Built on Living Structure and on the Organic View of Space

Language: English

Format: Hybrid (Room Z414, PolyU Campus / Online via Zoom)

Remarks:

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Abstract:

The organic or third view of space states that space is neither lifeless nor neutral, but a living structure capable of being more living or less living. The living structure is defined as a physical and mathematical structure or simply characterized by the recurring notion (or inherent hierarchy) of far more small substructures than large ones. The more substructures the more living or more beautiful structurally, the higher hierarchy of the substructures the more living or more beautiful structurally. In this presentation, Prof. Jiang will begin with the new kind of geoinformatics, a formal definition, and the three fundamental issues about space or the Earth's surface: how it looks, how it works, and what it ought to be. Prof. Jiang will use some simple examples to illustrate living structure, which is defined under the 3rd view of space and will present two fundamental laws of living structure, and two design principles for making living or more living structures. Next, Prof. Jiang will look at in detail the science of living structure, which is built on new theory of centers, supported by the discovery of 15 properties. These properties can be effectively reflected in the human mind and heart, triggering a sense of livingness or a sense of beauty. This sense of beauty can be well captured by the so-called mirror-of-the-self experiment, using human beings as a measuring instrument. The science of living structure is a new kind of science, for which Prof. Jiang will present a research agenda in the end.

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