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Hestia2: reading texts spatially

Hestia2：空间阅读文本

基本信息

批准号：
AH/K007025/1
负责人：
Elton Barker
金额：
$ 8.14万
依托单位：
The Open University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FK007025%2F1
关键词：
Hestia2 reading texts spatially

项目摘要

Hestia2 is an innovative public engagement project based on the spatial reading and visualising of texts. Involving a research team from Classics, Geography and Computing, Hestia produced two innovative outcomes: the understanding of geographic space in Herodotus's Histories in terms of connections between places and peoples rather than as points on a map; and the development and use of web technologies for visualising and thinking about a narrative. Hestia2 represents a deliberate shift from experimenting with geospatial analysis of a single text to making Hestia's outcomes available to new audiences through a variety of creative means: (i) a seminar series fostering knowledge exchange of Hestia's spatial analysis of a text between researchers and non-academic communities; (ii) an innovative online platform designed to enhance the experience for general enthusiasts, students and teachers of reading Herodotus and be extensible to other texts with spatial aspects; and (iii) a blog and free learning materials aimed at disseminating Hestia's resources and generating public interest.With the digital medium rapidly transforming the ways in which information is viewed and processed, data visualisation is one of the key challenges to academic and non-academic groups alike. Cultural heritage groups, government agencies and firms working in the digital economy, all have to deal with the problem of presenting big data in ways that make sense to their users but that do not reduce the complexity of the data or give a misleading picture. Hestia2 uses the key intellectual outcome of the original project-the analysis of spatial relations embedded in literary texts-to discuss humanistic approaches to data visualisation which, by virtue of being based on real content that is complex and messy, can help contribute to this debate. In a four-part seminar series, Hestia2 considers: (i) network analysis techniques, methods and models used for data exploration; (ii) the role of GIS in mapping texts; (iii) digital visualisations of data, especially complex literary texts; and (iv) the extent to which digital technologies help non-academics access and comprehend research.To promote wider engagement among teachers, students and general enthusiasts with the original project's re-imagining of the geography of Herodotus's Histories, Hestia2 brings together the disparate technological innovations into a cohesive, intuitive reading interface (called GapVis). This platform allows users to grasp the total distribution of place references at a glance, move through the narrative and see locations appearing and 'fading from memory', and focus on individual places including their relationships to other locations mentioned 'in the same breath'. By trialling Hestia GapVis with an experienced academic innovator, Hestia2 will ensure a robust and user-friendly reading interface fit for the enthusiast, student, teacher and researcher alike. In addition, by using the Pelagios project's index of references for places mentioned in Herodotus, users of Hestia will be able to link to and bring together different kinds of online data associated with those places, from other texts that mention them, artefacts and inscriptions found there, to digital photos of them.To enhance dissemination of Hestia's outputs, all activity will be documented on the blog and disseminated via social media, while free learning materials will be produced to enrich the resource. The blog will promote continuous dissemination and discussion of the findings from the seminars as well as feedback about the GapVis reading interface. By documenting the work of adapting the Hestia dataset to GapVis, Hestia2 also sets down guidelines for other users, who may wish to repurpose GapVis for displaying a text of their own choice that has geospatial elements. Lastly, Hestia2 will work with the OU's OpenLearn unit to build free learning materials that provide context for reading Herodotus in GapVis.

Hestia2 是一个基于文本空间阅读和可视化的创新公众参与项目。赫斯提亚由来自古典学、地理学和计算机学的研究团队参与，产生了两项创新成果：将希罗多德《历史》中的地理空间理解为地点和民族之间的联系，而不是地图上的点；以及网络技术的开发和使用，以可视化和思考叙事。 Hestia2 代表了从尝试对单个文本进行地理空间分析到通过各种创造性手段将 Hestia 的成果提供给新受众的有意转变：(i) 一系列研讨会，促进研究人员和非学术界之间就 Hestia 的文本空间分析进行知识交流； (ii) 一个创新的在线平台，旨在增强普通爱好者、学生和教师阅读希罗多德的体验，并可扩展到其他具有空间方面的文本； (iii) 旨在传播 Hestia 资源并引起公众兴趣的博客和免费学习材料。随着数字媒体迅速改变信息查看和处理的方式，数据可视化成为学术和非学术团体面临的主要挑战之一。从事数字经济的文化遗产团体、政府机构和公司都必须处理以对用户有意义的方式呈现大数据的问题，但这种方式不会降低数据的复杂性或提供误导性的图片。 Hestia2 使用原始项目的关键智力成果——对文学文本中嵌入的空间关系的分析——来讨论数据可视化的人文主义方法，这种方法基于复杂而混乱的真实内容，有助于为这场辩论做出贡献。在由四部分组成的研讨会系列中，Hestia2 考虑：(i) 用于数据探索的网络分析技术、方法和模型； (ii) 地理信息系统在绘制文本中的作用； (iii) 数据的数字可视化，尤其是复杂的文学文本；为了促进教师、学生和普通爱好者更广泛地参与原始项目对希罗多德历史地理的重新想象，Hestia2 将不同的技术创新汇集到一个有凝聚力、直观的阅读界面（称为 GapVis）中。该平台使用户能够一目了然地掌握地点参考的总体分布，浏览叙述并查看出现和“从记忆中消失”的地点，并关注各个地点，包括它们与“同时”提到的其他地点的关系。通过与经验丰富的学术创新者一起试用 Hestia GapVis，Hestia2 将确保为爱好者、学生、教师和研究人员提供强大且用户友好的阅读界面。此外，通过使用 Pelagios 项目对希罗多德中提到的地点的参考索引，Hestia 的用户将能够链接到并汇集与这些地点相关的不同类型的在线数据，从提及这些地点的其他文本、那里发现的文物和铭文，到它们的数码照片。为了加强 Hestia 成果的传播，所有活动都将记录在博客上并通过社交媒体传播，同时将制作免费学习材料以丰富内容资源。该博客将促进研讨会研究结果的持续传播和讨论以及有关 GapVis 阅读界面的反馈。通过记录使 Hestia 数据集适应 GapVis 的工作，Hestia2 还为其他用户制定了指导方针，这些用户可能希望重新利用 GapVis 来显示自己选择的具有地理空间元素的文本。最后，Hestia2 将与 OU 的 OpenLearn 部门合作构建免费学习材料，为在 GapVis 中阅读希罗多德提供背景。