Module Six: Spatial Histories
10 February 2022
This week we look at spatial histories, with an eye on the following key points:
- What are spatial histories?
- What have other historians done with this approach? What can we do with it?
- How could we do this ourselves?
Readings for this Week
- Richard White, “What is Spatial History?” Spatial History Project, 2010. https://web.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/pub.php?id=29.
- Stephen Robertson, “Putting Harlem on the Map,” in Writing History in the Digital Age, eds. Jack Dougherty and Kristen Nawrotzki (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013). https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/1030718.
- Jennifer Bonnell and Marcel Fortin, eds. Historical GIS Research in Canada. Free PDF at https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781552387085/. Read Introduction - Chapter Five inclusive, and then pick two additional ones.
- Explore the following projects:
Our Discussion for this Week
In our discussion, we will cover the following topics:
- What is spatial history? What have projects done with this method?
- Take your most recent research project and think about what a spatial approach would add. Come up with a mockup – on paper is fine – about what it might look like. What might you map? What issues would you run into? Would a spatial approach add to the project or not?
See you all then!
Want to Meet with Me?
As always, you can book a 30-minute meeting with me via Calendly. Use this link here. If there are no times that are available, just send me an email and we can work something out.
This will create a Microsoft Teams appointment. The URL for the Teams link will be in the calendar invitation e-mailed to you.
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