Spatial Narratives and Deep Maps: Explorations in Advanced Geo-spatial Technologies and the Spatial Humanities

FAIN: HT-50049-11

Trustees of Indiana University, Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN 46202-3288)
David J. Bodenhamer (Project Director: February 2011 to April 2014)

A two-week institute and follow-up activities for humanities scholars to consider the potential for incorporating geospatial theories, methodologies and technologies into humanities research and teaching, with a particular focus on the history of religion in the United States.

The Institute proposes to link and deepen scholarly understanding of complex humanities data and geospatial technologies through a focus on two innovative forms-spatial narratives and deep maps-that bend spatial and other digital technologies to the intellectual traditions of humanists, thereby constituting a bridge between diverse avenues of investigation. In doing so, we address the first and fourth goals of the NEH call for proposals, namely, to bring together humanists and technologists to advance an innovative approach to the digital humanities and to assess the tools and methods available to support it.

Associated Products

Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives (Book)
Title: Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives
Editor: David J. Bodenhamer, John Corrigan, and Trevor M. Harris
Abstract: 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.
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 978-0-253-0156
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

Deep Mapping and Spatial Narratives: A Special Section (Article)
Title: Deep Mapping and Spatial Narratives: A Special Section
Author: Jonathan Rush
Author: David J Bodenhamer
Author: John Corrigan
Author: Trevor M. Harris
Author: Mia Ridge
Author: Stuart Dunn
Author: Don Lafrienere
Author: Scott Nesbit
Author: Lesley Kadish
Author: Michael Pasquier
Author: Katie Oxx
Author: Allan Brimicombe
Abstract: This special report on the work of a 2012 NEH Advanced Institute on Spatial narratives and Deep Maps contains four multi-authored essays that discuss the challenges, potential, and design considerations of deep mapping.
Year: 2013
Primary URL: http://http://www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/7/1-2
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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