Text Mapping as Modelling Deep maps and mapping of texts Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung Prof. Dr. Eide
Mapping of texts • Maps based on narrative (found in texts) – qualitative or quantitative – close or distant reading • Detecting place references – place names – other referring string, e.g., “3 miles down the river from the bridge” • Finding coordinates – pre-existing maps (onto map) – create new map (as map) – real or fictitious world • Creating map layer Universit ä t zu K ö ln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung Prof. Dr. Eide
Deep maps • The deep map as a text – Heat Moon, William Least. Prairyerth : (a Deep Map). Boston, 1991 – may contain maps, but the core is textual narratives and descriptions • Digital deep maps – spatial narratives – multimedia/multimodal story telling – combination of space based and time based media – locatedness of events – time aspect of space – many examples found on the Neatline webpage Universit ä t zu K ö ln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung Prof. Dr. Eide
Questions for discussion • Location in texts • What is mapping? • What will it say to map a novel? • Short stories vs. novels • Drama • Mapping poetry? • Background maps • Methods Universit ä t zu K ö ln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung Prof. Dr. Eide
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