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Deep maps are finely detailed, multimedia depictions of a place and
the people, buildings, objects, flora, and fauna that exist within
it and which are inseparable from the activities of everyday life.
These depictions may encompass the beliefs, desires, hopes, and
fears of residents and help show what ties one place to another. A
deep map is a way to engage evidence within its spatio-temporal
context and to provide a platform for a spatially-embedded
argument. The essays in this book investigate deep mapping and the
spatial narratives that stem from it. The authors come from a
variety of disciplines: history, religious studies, geography and
geographic information science, and computer science. Each applies
the concepts of space, time, and place to problems central to an
understanding of society and culture, employing deep maps to reveal
the confluence of actions and evidence and to trace paths of
intellectual exploration by making use of a new creative space that
is visual, structurally open, multi-media, and multi-layered.
The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to
issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both
digital and spatial humanities. Describing a wide variety of
applications, the essays in this volume highlight the
methodological and substantive implications of a spatial approach
to history. They illustrate how the use of GIS is changing our
understanding of the geographies of the past and has become the
basis for new ways to study history. Contributors focus on current
developments in the use of historical sources and explore the
insights gained by applying GIS to develop historiography. Toward
Spatial Humanities is a compelling demonstration of how GIS can
contribute to our historical understanding.
The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to
issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both
digital and spatial humanities. Describing a wide variety of
applications, the essays in this volume highlight the
methodological and substantive implications of a spatial approach
to history. They illustrate how the use of GIS is changing our
understanding of the geographies of the past and has become the
basis for new ways to study history. Contributors focus on current
developments in the use of historical sources and explore the
insights gained by applying GIS to develop historiography. Toward
Spatial Humanities is a compelling demonstration of how GIS can
contribute to our historical understanding.
Ireland s landscape is marked by fault lines of religious,
ethnic, and political identity that have shaped its troubled
history. Troubled Geographies maps this history by detailing the
patterns of change in Ireland from 16th century attempts to "plant"
areas of Ireland with loyal English Protestants to defend against
threats posed by indigenous Catholics, through the violence of the
latter part of the 20th century and the rise of the "Celtic Tiger."
The book is concerned with how a geography laid down in the 16th
and 17th centuries led to an amalgam based on religious belief,
ethnic/national identity, and political conviction that continues
to shape the geographies of modern Ireland. Troubled Geographies
shows how changes in religious affiliation, identity, and
territoriality have impacted Irish society during this period. It
explores the response of society in general and religion in
particular to major cultural shocks such as the Famine and to long
term processes such as urbanization."
This book explores a novel methodological approach which combines
analytical techniques from linguistics and geography to bring fresh
insights to the study of poverty. Using Geographical Text Analysis,
it maps the discursive construction of poverty in the UK and
compares the results to what administrative data reveal. The
analysis draws together qualitative and quantitative techniques
from corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, Geographical
Information Science, and the spatial humanities. By identifying the
place-names that occur within close proximity to search terms
associated with to poverty it shows how different newspapers use
place to foreground different aspects of poverty (including
employment, housing, money, and benefits), and how the
London-centric nature of newspaper reporting dominates the
discursive construction of UK poverty. This book demonstrates how
interdisciplinary research methods can illuminate complex social
issues and will appeal to researchers in a number of disciplines
from sociology, geography and the spatial humanities, economics,
linguistics, health, and public policy, in addition to policymakers
and practitioners.
England's famed Lake District-best known as the place of
inspiration for the Wordsworths, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and other
Romantic-era writers-is the locus of this pioneering study, which
implements and critiques a new approach to literary analysis in the
digital age. Deploying innovative methods from literary studies,
corpus linguistics, historical geography, and geographical
information science, Deep Mapping the Literary Lake District
combines close readings of a body of writing about the region from
1622-1900 with distant approaches to textual analysis. This
path-breaking volume exemplifies interdisciplinarity, demonstrating
how digital humanities methodologies and geospatial tools can
enhance our appreciation of a region whose topography has been long
recognized as fundamental to the shape of the poetry and prose
produced within it.
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Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives (Hardcover)
David J. Bodenhamer, John Corrigan, Trevor M. Harris; Contributions by Stuart Aitken, David Cooper, …
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Deep maps are finely detailed, multimedia depictions of a place and
the people, buildings, objects, flora, and fauna that exist within
it and which are inseparable from the activities of everyday life.
These depictions may encompass the beliefs, desires, hopes, and
fears of residents and help show what ties one place to another. A
deep map is a way to engage evidence within its spatio-temporal
context and to provide a platform for a spatially-embedded
argument. The essays in this book investigate deep mapping and the
spatial narratives that stem from it. The authors come from a
variety of disciplines: history, religious studies, geography and
geographic information science, and computer science. Each applies
the concepts of space, time, and place to problems central to an
understanding of society and culture, employing deep maps to reveal
the confluence of actions and evidence and to trace paths of
intellectual exploration by making use of a new creative space that
is visual, structurally open, multi-media, and multi-layered.
Historical GIS is an emerging field that uses Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) to research the geographies of the past.
Ian Gregory and Paul Ell present the first study comprehensively to
define this emerging field, exploring all aspects of using GIS in
historical research. A GIS is a form of database in which every
item of data is linked to a spatial location. This technology
offers unparalleled opportunities to add insight and rejuvenate
historical research through the ability to identify and use the
geographical characteristics of data. Historical GIS introduces the
basic concepts and tools underpinning GIS technology, describing
and critically assessing the visualisation, analytical and
e-Science methodologies that it enables and examining key
scholarship where GIS has been used to enhance research debates.
The result is a clear agenda charting how GIS will develop as one
of the most important approaches to scholarship in historical
geography.
Historical GIS is an emerging field that uses Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) to research the geographies of the past.
Ian Gregory and Paul Ell present the first study comprehensively to
define this emerging field, exploring all aspects of using GIS in
historical research. A GIS is a form of database in which every
item of data is linked to a spatial location. This technology
offers unparalleled opportunities to add insight and rejuvenate
historical research through the ability to identify and use the
geographical characteristics of data. Historical GIS introduces the
basic concepts and tools underpinning GIS technology, describing
and critically assessing the visualisation, analytical and
e-science methodologies that it enables and examining key
scholarship where GIS has been used to enhance research debates.
The result is a clear agenda charting how GIS will develop as one
of the most important approaches to scholarship in historical
geography.
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