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1 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Directions in time and space A brief history of space A role for GIS? Quantitative and qualitative approaches Historic Environments Cultural Landscapes GIS in the Arts and Humanities

2 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Einstein - space/time unity Heidigger - being in the world Bourdieu - habitus Merleau-Ponty - embodiment Directions in time and space

3 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Sahlins - Islands of history Foucault - Discipline and punish Pirenne - Mohammed and Charlemagne Braudel - The Mediterranean Tilley - Phenomenology of landscape A brief history of space

4 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) GIS applications science dominated: Data rich, interpolation accepted Positivist sciences Mathematical and statistical Arts and Humanities: Partial data, interpolation risky Situated and particularist Historical and interpretative All very well, but what about GIS?

5 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Quantitative and qualitative approaches Managing places and things Cultural landscapes 3 directions for GIS in A&H

6 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Economics Health Migration Electoral Politics Crime Insurance companies! Integrating diverse and large scale data Quantitative and qualitative uses

7 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Managing change Infrastructure Data Knowledge The strange case of the Micheldever Hundred Quantitative and qualitative uses

8 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Heritage management Data gathering and checking Fieldwork and survey Public information provision Estate Agents Investigating topographic relationships between entities Managing places and things uses

9 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Managing change Knowledge Infrastructure? Making the most of the data The Strathclyde Sites and Monuments Record Managing places and things Challenges STOP!

10 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Archaeology Communications Environmental impact studies Cognitive approaches Siting radio masts Modelling connection between places Cultural landscapes uses

11 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Data Infrastructure Knowledge Applications Cultural landscapes challenges The Roman Signal Station at Whitby Viewshed

12 This power point presentation and its contents are copyright of the Archaeology Data Service and WGK (2002) Cultural landscapes challenges Also Cost Surfaces Connecting people and places


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