Muutke küpsiste eelistusi

E-raamat: Virtual Representation of the Past [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

Edited by (University of Glasgow, UK), Edited by
  • Taylor & Francis e-raamat
  • Hind: 161,57 €*
  • * hind, mis tagab piiramatu üheaegsete kasutajate arvuga ligipääsu piiramatuks ajaks
  • Tavahind: 230,81 €
  • Säästad 30%
This unique book critically evaluates the virtual representation of the past through digital media. A distinguished team of leading experts in the field approach digital research in history and archaeology from contrasting viewpoints, including philosophical, methodological and technical. They illustrate the challenges involved in representing the past digitally by focusing on specific cases of a particular historical period, place or technical problem.
List of Figures vii
List of Tables xi
List of Plates xiii
Notes on Contributors xv
Series Preface xxi
List of Abbreviations xxv
1 Introduction 1
Mark Greengrass
PART I THE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF TEXT
2 The Imaging of Historical Documents
7
Andrew Prescott
3 Virtual Restoration and Manuscript Archaeology
23
Meg Twycross
4 Representations of Sources and Data: Working with Exceptions to Hierarchy in Historical Documents
49
Donald Spaeth
PART II VIRTUAL HISTORIES AND PRE-HISTORIES FINDING MEANINGS
5 Finding Needles in Haystacks: Data-mining in Distributed Historical Datasets
65
Fahio Ciravegna, Mark Greengrass, Tim Hitchcock, Sam Chapman, Jamie McLaughlin and Ravish Bhagdev
6 Digital Searching and the Re-formulation of Historical Knowledge
81
Tim Hitchcock
7 Using Computer-assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software in Collaborative Historical Research
91
Caroline Bowden
8 Stepping Back from the Trench Edge: An Archaeological Perspective on the Development of Standards for Recording and Publication
101
Julian D. Richards and Catherine Hardman
PART III THE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF SPACE AND TIME
9 Which? What? When? On the Virtual Representation of Time
115
Manfred Thaller
10 In the Kingdom of the Blind: Visualization and E-Science in Archaeology, the Arts and Humanities
125
Vincent Gaffney
11 Using Geographical Information Systems to Explore Space and Time in the Humanities
135
Ian Gregory
12 Spatial Technologies in Archaeology in the Twenty-first Century
147
Paul Cripps
PART IV THE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF HISTORICAL OBJECTS AND EVENTS
13 Digital Artefacts: Possibilities and Purpose
159
David Arnold
14 'Oh, to make boards to speak!' There is a task!' Towards a Poetics of Paradata
171
Richard Beacham
15 Electronic Corpora of Artefacts: The Example of the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland
179
Anna Bentkowska-Kafel
16 Conclusion: Virtual Representations of the Past – New Research Methods, Tools and Communities of Practice
191
Lorna Hughes
Appendix: Glossary of Acronyms and Terms 203
Bibliography 209
Index 223
Mark Greengrass is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Sheffield, UK and Lorna Hughes is Professor of Digital Humanities, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK