Fundamental Theoretical Issues of Intelligent Digital Narrative Maps：Conceptualizaitons， Narrative Structure， and Meaning-Generating Mechanism

LI Qianqian; SU Shiliang

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- Fundamental Theoretical Issues of Intelligent Digital Narrative Maps：Conceptualizaitons， Narrative Structure， and Meaning-Generating Mechanism
- Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University Vol. 51, Issue 3, Pages: 447-462(2026)
- 作者机构：
  
  武汉大学资源与环境科学学院城市计算与可视化研究室，湖北武汉，430079
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- DOI：10.13203/j.whugis20250261
  CLC： P208
- Received：15 October 2025，
  
  Published：05 March 2026
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李千千,苏世亮.数智媒介下叙事地图的基本理论问题——概念界定、叙事结构与意义生成机制[J].武汉大学学报（信息科学版）,2026,51(3):447-462.

LI Qianqian,SU Shiliang.Fundamental Theoretical Issues of Intelligent Digital Narrative Maps：Conceptualizaitons, Narrative Structure, and Meaning-Generating Mechanism[J].Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University,2026,51(3):447-462.
李千千,苏世亮.数智媒介下叙事地图的基本理论问题——概念界定、叙事结构与意义生成机制[J].武汉大学学报（信息科学版）,2026,51(3):447-462. DOI：10.13203/j.whugis20250261

LI Qianqian,SU Shiliang.Fundamental Theoretical Issues of Intelligent Digital Narrative Maps：Conceptualizaitons, Narrative Structure, and Meaning-Generating Mechanism[J].Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University,2026,51(3):447-462. DOI：10.13203/j.whugis20250261

摘要

随着叙事地图逐渐成为当今社会中一项重要且基础性的表意活动实践，学者们开展了深入的讨论并逐渐建立起叙事地图学的理论体系。然而，现有研究多集中于纸质媒介下的地图样态，对数智媒介下叙事地图的基本理论问题缺乏系统性阐述。针对这一学术空白，首先基于数智媒介下叙事地图的系统构成，厘清其概念内涵和本质特征，继而从交互视角、拼装层级、情节生成3个维度入手，构建了数智媒介下叙事地图的类型立方体模型，实现了对其类型的科学划分；其次，从故事与话语两个维度出发，剖析了数智媒介下叙事地图的叙事结构特征；再次，从时空感知的重构机制、情感认知统一的沉浸机制、由算法逻辑与程序规则所引导的制约机制3个关键维度，廓清了叙事地图的意义生成机制；最后，对后续研究的关键议题进行了展望。

Abstract

Objectives

As maps increasingly participate in social construction

cultural communication

and knowledge production

narrative cartography has emerged as a foundational expressive practice. However

existing studies have focused mainly on print-based or early digital maps

leaving the theoretical foundations of narrative maps under intelligent digital media underexplored. With the rapid development of intelligent and digital technologies

including new media forms (e.g.

animation and games)

extended reality（XR)

and the metaverse

narrative maps have undergone profound transformations in their media form

narrative logic

and meaning production. In this context

it becomes necessary to clarify the fundamental theoretical issues of intelligent digital narrative maps (IDNM). This study aims to address three core questions: How IDNM should be conceptually defined and distinguished from print-based forms. How their narrative structures are organized under conditions of interactivity and computation. And through what mechanisms narrative meaning is generated in human⁃machine interaction.

Methods

A qualitative

theory-oriented approach was employed

based on a comprehensive survey of representative IDNM practices. Through inductive reasoning

key operational and expressive features distinguishing IDNM from print-based maps were distilled. On this basis

a conceptual typological framework was developed

structured around core dimensions. The study further examined how dynamic interactions among cartographers

users

and machines co-produce spatiotemporal frameworks and narrative meaning.

Results

IDNM are defined as human⁃machine assemblages integrating hardware

digital systems

and users

operating under algorithmic logic

and generating meaning through embodied interaction and multimodal symbol construction. Three core characteristics of IDNM are identified: interactivity

self-organization

and assemblage. Building on these characteristics

a typological cube model is established

enabling systematic classification of IDNM across interactive perspective (from omniscient to first-person experiential)

assembly hierarchy (from low-level abstract interaction to high-level embodied interaction)

and plot generation (from fixed embedded narratives to emergent narratives). Narrative structures shift from closed

stable forms toward open

dynamic

and generative configurations

while discourse evolves from static visual expression to multimodal

interactive

and procedurally mediated forms. Regarding meaning-generating mechanisms

three key mechanisms are identified: Reconstruction of body-centered spatiotemporal perception

immersive integration of emotion and cognition facilitating flow experiences

and algorithmic constraints guiding narrative emergence. Together

these explain how narrative meaning arises dynamically rather than being fully predetermined by the cartographer.

Conclusions

By clarifying the conceptual definition

typology

narrative structure

and meaning-generating mechanisms

we advance a theoretical framework for understanding IDNM. The findings highlight a shift from representation and persuasion toward participation and emergence

repositioning users as active co-producers of narrative meaning. The proposed framework offers a foundation for future empirical research

design practice

and interdisciplinary exploration of IDNM.

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