Visualizations of Historical Spatial Data as Tools of Exploration and Education

Monika Barget

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-18158-0_1

Visualizations of Historical Spatial Data as Tools of Exploration and Education

Monika Barget^*

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Based on pilot studies conducted in the DigiKAR geohumanities project, which analyzes spatial relations in the Holy Roman Empire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this paper explores the value of iteratively and experimentally visualizing spaces in historical research. Bringing together interdisciplinary researchers as well as heritage professionals and students, the current pilot phase of the DigiKAR project uses maps for high-level data evaluation, data cleaning and educational purposes. At a later stage, more elaborate visualizations as tools of science communication will ensue. Throughout our research process, visualizations are closely linked to historical and contemporary narratives across media genres. Visualizations rely on textual sources and correspond with the academic texts we produce. Our experiences are meant to inspire other humanities projects, especially in historical subject areas, to experiment with visualizations even on a technically basic level, and even when sources are incomplete, fragmented or uncertain.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HCII 2022: HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers
Subtitle of host publication	HCI for Today's Community and Economy
Editors	Matthias Rauterberg, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Keng Siau, Heidi Krömker, June Wei, Gavriel Salvendy
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	3–19
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-18158-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-18157-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18158-0_1
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2022
Event	24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022 - Virtual Duration: 26 Jun 2022 → 1 Jul 2022 https://2022.hci.international/

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Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	13520
ISSN	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022
Period	26/06/22 → 1/07/22
Internet address	https://2022.hci.international/

Keywords

geohumanities
spatial history
visualisation

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Barget, Monika. / Visualizations of Historical Spatial Data as Tools of Exploration and Education. HCII 2022: HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Today's Community and Economy. editor / Matthias Rauterberg ; Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah ; Keng Siau ; Heidi Krömker ; June Wei ; Gavriel Salvendy. Cham : Springer, Cham, 2022. pp. 3–19 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 13520).

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Visualizations of Historical Spatial Data as Tools of Exploration and Education. / Barget, Monika.
HCII 2022: HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Today's Community and Economy. ed. / Matthias Rauterberg; Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah; Keng Siau; Heidi Krömker; June Wei; Gavriel Salvendy. Cham: Springer, Cham, 2022. p. 3–19 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 13520).

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Barget M. Visualizations of Historical Spatial Data as Tools of Exploration and Education. In Rauterberg M, Nah FFH, Siau K, Krömker H, Wei J, Salvendy G, editors, HCII 2022: HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Today's Community and Economy. Cham: Springer, Cham. 2022. p. 3–19. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 13520). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-18158-0_1

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