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Directions in time and space A brief history of space A role for GIS?

GIS in the Arts and Humanities. Directions in time and space A brief history of space A role for GIS? Quantitative and qualitative approaches Historic Environments Cultural Landscapes. Directions in time and space. Einstein - space/time unity Heidigger - being in the world

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Directions in time and space A brief history of space A role for GIS?

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  1. GIS in the Arts and Humanities Directions in time and space A brief history of space A role for GIS? Quantitative and qualitative approaches Historic Environments Cultural Landscapes

  2. Directions in time and space Einstein - space/time unity Heidigger - being in the world Bourdieu - habitus Merleau-Ponty - embodiment

  3. A brief history of space Sahlins - Islands of history Foucault - Discipline and punish Pirenne - Mohammed and Charlemagne Braudel - The Mediterranean Tilley - Phenomenology of landscape

  4. All very well, but what about GIS? • GIS applications science dominated: • Data rich, interpolation accepted • Positivist sciences • Mathematical and statistical • Arts and Humanities: • Partial data, interpolation risky • Situated and particularist • Historical and interpretative

  5. 3 directions for GIS in A&H Quantitative and qualitative approaches Managing places and things Cultural landscapes

  6. Quantitative and qualitative uses Economics Health Migration Electoral Politics Crime Insurance companies! Integrating diverse and large scale data

  7. Quantitative and qualitative uses Managing change Infrastructure Data Knowledge The strange case of the Micheldever Hundred

  8. Managing places and things uses Heritage management Data gathering and checking Fieldwork and survey Public information provision Estate Agents Investigating topographic relationships between entities

  9. Managing places and things Challenges Managing change Knowledge Infrastructure? Making the most of the data The Strathclyde Sites and Monuments Record STOP!

  10. Cultural landscapes uses Archaeology Communications Environmental impact studies Cognitive approaches Siting radio masts Modelling connection between places

  11. Cultural landscapes challenges Data Infrastructure Knowledge Applications The Roman Signal Station at Whitby Viewshed

  12. Cultural landscapes challenges Also Cost Surfaces Connecting people and places

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