The interpretive diversity of boundary objects can be further explained through both the compositional properties of their aesthetic components and their use in practice. Visuals offer opportunities for bird's eye representations and mappings of compositional elements, associated with notions of objectivity as well as control (Classen, 1993). At the same time, the associative aspect of visuals allows for re-interpretation and juxtaposition (Meyer et al., 2013), affording pluralistic treatments while maintaining the specificity of representation. These different affordances for practice allow visuals to be leveraged into specific configurations of control versus autonomy, balancing the two through selective emphasis on particular visual qualities.