Zoomland

Exploring Scale in Digital History and Humanities
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-11-131752-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 810 g

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Despite a variety of theoretical and practical undertakings, there is no coherent understanding of the concept of scale in digital history and humanities, and its potential is largely unexplored. A clearer picture of the whole spectrum is needed, from large to small, distant to close, global to local, general to specific, macro to micro, and the in-between levels. The book addresses these issues and sketches out the territory of Zoomland, at scale. Four regions and sixteen chapters are conceptually and symbolically depicted through three perspectives: bird’s eye, overhead, and ground view. The variable-scale representation allows for exploratory paths covering areas such as: theoretical and applicative reflections on scale combining a digital dimension with research in history, media studies, cultural heritage, literature, text analysis, and map modelling; creative use of scale in new digital forms of analysis, data organisation, interfaces, and argumentative or artistic expressions. Zoomland provides a systematic discussion on the epistemological dimensions, hermeneutic methods, empirical tools, and aesthetic logic pertaining to scale and its innovative possibilities residing in humanities-based approaches and digital technologies. Enter the Zoomland game here or watch the teaser!

Zielgruppe

Scholars of digital history, digital humanities, history, science

Autoren/Hrsg.

Armaselu, Florentina

Fickers, Andreas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Über Autor(innen)

Florentina Armaselu, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Andreas Fickers, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.