Hypercities - Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities

More than a physical space, a hypercity is a real city overlaid with information networks that document the past, catalyze the present, and project future possibilities. Hypercities are always under construction. HyperCities puts digital humanities theory into practice to chart the proliferating cultural records of places around the world.

Info autore

Todd Presner is Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Digital Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles.David Shepard is Lead Academic Programmer at the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles.Yoh Kawano is Campus GIS Coordinator at the Institute for Digital Research and Education and lecturer in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Riassunto

More than a physical space, a hypercity is a real city overlaid with information networks that document the past, catalyze the present, and project future possibilities. Hypercities are always under construction. HyperCities puts digital humanities theory into practice to chart the proliferating cultural records of places around the world.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yoh Kawano, Todd Presner, Todd Shepard Presner, Presner Todd, David Shepard
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.07.2014
• EAN: 9780674725348
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72534-8
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: metaLABprojects; metaLABprojects
• Categorie: Guide e manuali; Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Computing & Information Technology, Cartography, map-making and projections, COMPUTERS / Data Science / Data Visualization, Research & information: general