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Second Workshop

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Space Time WG Second Workshop Final Report

 

PreConference Workshop (DH2012) 

Here and There, Then and Now - Modelling Space and Time in the Humanities

 

Spatio-temporal concepts are so ubiquitous that it is easy for us to forget that they are essential to everything we do. All expressions of Human culture are related to the dimensions of space and time in the manner of their production and consumption, the nature of their medium and the way in which they express these concepts themselves. This workshop seeks to identify innovative practices among the Digital Humanities community that explore, critique and re-present the spatial and temporal aspects of culture.

 

Although space and time are closely related, there are significant differences between them which may be exploited when theorizing and researching the Humanities. Among these are the different natures of their dimensionality (three dimensions vs. one), the seemingly static nature of space but enforced 'flow' of time, and the different methods we use to make the communicative leap across spatial and temporal distance. Every medium, whether textual, tactile, illustrative or audible (or some combination of them), exploits space and time differently in order to convey its message. The changes required to express the same concepts in different media (between written and performed music, for example), are often driven by different spatio-temporal requirements. Last of all, the impossibility (and perhaps undesirability) of fully representing a four-dimensional reality (whether real or fictional) mean that authors and artists must decide how to collapse this reality into the spatio-temporal limitations of a chosen medium. The nature of those choices can be as interesting as the expression itself.

 

This workshop allows those working with digital tools and techniques that manage, analyse and exploit spatial and temporal concepts in the Humanities to present a position paper for the purposes of wider discussion and debate. The position papers will discuss generalized themes related to use of spatio-temporal methods in the Digital Humanities with specific reference to one or more concrete applications or examples. Accepted papers have been divided into three themed sessions: Tools, Methods and Theory. This workshop is part of the ESF-funded NEDIMAH Network and organised by its Working Group on Space and Time. The group will also present its findings from the First NeDiMAH Workshop on Space and Time.

 

Sessions:

 

9:00 - Session 1: Theory (Chair: Leif Isaksen)

Maria Bostenaru Dan - 3D conceptual representation of the (mythical) space and time of the past in artistic scenographical and garden installations

Kyriaki Papageorgiou - Time, Space, Cyberspace and Beyond, On Research Methods, Delicate Empiricism, Labyrinths and Egypt

William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. & C. Thomas Bailey - Computer Simulation of Speech in Cultural Interaction as a Complex System

Karl Grossner - Event Objects for Placial History

 

10:30 - BREAK

 

11:00 - Session 2: Tools (Chair: Shawn Day)

Shoichiro Hara & Tatsuki Skino - Spatiotemporal Tools for Humanities

David McClure - The Canonical vs. The Contextual: Neatline’s Approach to Connecting Archives with Spatio-Temporal Interfaces

Kate Byrne – The Geographic Annotation Platform: A New Tool for Linking and Visualizing Places References in the Humanities

Roxana Kath - eAQUA/Mental Maps: Exploring Concept Change in Time and Space

 

12:30 - LUNCH

 

13:30 - Session 3: Break out sessions (Chairs: Mia Ridge/Shawn Day/Ryan Shaw/Leif Isaksen)

Theory - Hall H - Chair: Ryan  - Maria, 

Methods - Hall K - Chair: Mia - Bill, Kate, Roxana.

Tools - Hall J - Chair: Shawn - Shoichiro, David,

Infrastructure - Hall C - Chair: Leif - Karl, 

 

15:30 - BREAK

 

16:00 - Session 4: Discussion (Chair: Leif Isaksen/Shawn Day)

 

Objectives

*      Bring together the experiences of researchers developing or using spatial or temporal methods in the Digital Humanities.

*      Evaluate the impact of such methods in terms of addressing traditional Humanities questions and posing new ones.

*      Explore non-investigative benefits, such as the use of spatial and temporal tools and visualization as means for contextualization.

*      Identify where tools developed for spatial analysis may be applicable to temporal analysis (and vice versa).

 

Future

 

15:30 - FINISH

 

Call For Papers

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