Digital Spatial Infrastructures and Worldviews in Pre-Modern Societies

• Other Authors: Petrulevich, Alexandra (Editor), Skovgaard Boeck, Simon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Arc Humanities Press 2023
• Series: Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital Humanities - ARC
• Subjects: Museology & heritage studies; European history; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; spatial infrastructure;spatiality;Medieval Studies;place names;Linked Open Data;spatial humanities;Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The study of medieval and early modern geographic space, literary cartography, and spatial thinking at a time of rapid digitization in the Humanities offers new ways to investigate spatial knowledge and world perceptions in pre-modern societies. Digitization of cultural heritage collections, open source databases, and interactive resources utilizing a rich variety of source materials-place names, early modern cadastral maps, medieval literature and art, Viking Age and medieval runic inscriptions-provides opportunities to re-think traditional lines of research on spatiality and worldviews, encourage innovation in methodology, and engage critically with digital outcomes. In this book, Nordic scholars of philology, onomastics, history, geography, literary studies, and digital humanities examine multiple aspects of ten large- and small-scale digital spatial infrastructures from the early stages of development to the practical applications of digital tools for studying spatial thinking and knowledge in pre-modern sources and societies.