Media Boundaries and Conceptual Modelling : Between Texts and Maps / by Øyvind Eide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eide, Øyvind, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication.

Digital humanities.

Regional economics.

Space in economics.

Geographic information systems.

Media and Communication.

Digital Humanities.

Regional and Spatial Economics.

Geographical Information System.

Local Subjects:

Media and Communication.

Digital Humanities.

Regional and Spatial Economics.

Geographical Information System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Media Boundaries and Conceptual Modelling forms part of the humanities tradition by facing one of the fundamental problems since antiquity: how different media represent the world we live in. It intersects also with the digital by addressing the problem with the help of a digital humanities method: computer assisted conceptual modelling. And it acknowledges the spatial turn by investigating the boundary between what has traditionally been the two main media for representation of geospatial information: texts and maps. It contributes to the further development of digital humanities and bridges the two areas of digital humanities and intermedia studies. Further, it strengthens the theoretical foundation for research and teaching in spatial digital humanities. The book meets the lack of critical discussion of the practice of digital mapping, offering a theoretically based understanding of such practices from a humanities perspective. More generally, itcontributes to the theoretical discussion of modelling in digital humanities.

Contents:

Introduction

Texts, maps, and the landscape

Critical stepwise formalisation

case studies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137544582

1137544589