A history of place in the digital age /
Dunn, Stuart E.,
A history of place in the digital age / Stuart Dunn. - 1 online resource - Digital research in the arts and humanities . - Digital research in the arts and humanities. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A History of Place in the Digital Age explores the history and impact of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related digital mapping technologies in humanities research. Providing a historical and methodological discussion of place in the most important primary materials which make up the human record, including text and artefacts, the book explains how these materials frame, form and communicate location in the age of the internet. This leads in to a discussion of how the World Wide Web distorts and skews place, amplifying some voices and reducing others. Drawing on several connected case studies from the early modern period to the present day, the spatial writings of early modern antiquarians are explored, as are the roots of approaches to place in archaeology and philosophy. This forms the basis for a review of place online, through the complex history of the invention of the internet, in to the age of the interactive web and social media. By doing so, the book explores the key themes of spatial power and representation which these technologies frame. A History of Place in the Digital Age will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners in a variety of humanities disciplines with an interest in understanding how technology can help them undertake research on spatial themes. It will be of interest as primary work to historians of technology, media and communications.
9781315404462 131540446X 9781315404455 1315404451 9781315404448 1315404443 9781315404431 1315404435
2019012766
Digital humanities.
Geographic information systems.
Humanities--Technological innovations.
History--Computer simulation.
Digital humanities.
Geographic information systems.
Humanities--Technological innovations.
REFERENCE / Questions & Answers
HISTORY / General
TECHNOLOGY / Social Aspects
Electronic books.
AZ362
001.0285
A history of place in the digital age / Stuart Dunn. - 1 online resource - Digital research in the arts and humanities . - Digital research in the arts and humanities. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A History of Place in the Digital Age explores the history and impact of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related digital mapping technologies in humanities research. Providing a historical and methodological discussion of place in the most important primary materials which make up the human record, including text and artefacts, the book explains how these materials frame, form and communicate location in the age of the internet. This leads in to a discussion of how the World Wide Web distorts and skews place, amplifying some voices and reducing others. Drawing on several connected case studies from the early modern period to the present day, the spatial writings of early modern antiquarians are explored, as are the roots of approaches to place in archaeology and philosophy. This forms the basis for a review of place online, through the complex history of the invention of the internet, in to the age of the interactive web and social media. By doing so, the book explores the key themes of spatial power and representation which these technologies frame. A History of Place in the Digital Age will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners in a variety of humanities disciplines with an interest in understanding how technology can help them undertake research on spatial themes. It will be of interest as primary work to historians of technology, media and communications.
9781315404462 131540446X 9781315404455 1315404451 9781315404448 1315404443 9781315404431 1315404435
2019012766
Digital humanities.
Geographic information systems.
Humanities--Technological innovations.
History--Computer simulation.
Digital humanities.
Geographic information systems.
Humanities--Technological innovations.
REFERENCE / Questions & Answers
HISTORY / General
TECHNOLOGY / Social Aspects
Electronic books.
AZ362
001.0285