Mapping the Networks in Hyperlink Movies: Rethinking the Concept of Cartography through Network Narratives

Mapping the Networks in Hyperlink Movies: Rethinking the Concept of Cartography through Network Narratives

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Network narratives, hyperlink or ensemble movies are a seductive introduction to the complexity of our globalized world and our social interactions.Using two popular examples, Babel and Love Actually, I explore the uses and the limits of the social network, respectively through a global and deterritorialised network and a local one Aprons that reveals kinship.Using the dynamic of networks to represent the characters’ interactions, these types of films Ball - Shoes Rubber - Mens nonetheless need boundaries.

In the context of globalization, hyperlink movies are the mirror of a new geography but cannot show the complexity and the extent of it all since they are restricted by their own limits, being a narrative medium with a specific length.Hyperlink movies therefore present an interesting compromise, using a popular narrative technique to showcase a complex phenomenon.