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.
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Edited by:
Florentina Armaselu, Andreas Fickers Imprint: De Gruyter Oldenbourg Country of Publication: Germany Dimensions:
Height: 230mm,
Width: 155mm,
Weight: 810g ISBN:9783111317526 ISBN 10: 3111317528 Series:Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics Pages: 490 Publication Date:31 December 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Florentina Armaselu, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Andreas Fickers, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.