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[http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/hestia/ Hestia] uses a range of digital technologies as part of a blended, innovative approach to studying the geography of Herodotus’s ''Histories''. Using a freely available digital text of Herodotus from the [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/ Perseus on-line library], ''Hestia'' captures all place-names mentioned in the narrative, organises that information in a database, and then explores those spatial relations through a series of mapping applications, such as GIS, GoogleEarth and the Narrative TimeMap. Our work both challenges the usual division between East and West by bringing to light the deep network culture that underpins the ''Histories'', and finds ways of bringing Herodotus's world into people's homes. | [http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/hestia/ Hestia] uses a range of digital technologies as part of a blended, innovative approach to studying the geography of Herodotus’s ''Histories''. Using a freely available digital text of Herodotus from the [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/ Perseus on-line library], ''Hestia'' captures all place-names mentioned in the narrative, organises that information in a database, and then explores those spatial relations through a series of mapping applications, such as GIS, GoogleEarth and the Narrative TimeMap. Our work both challenges the usual division between East and West by bringing to light the deep network culture that underpins the ''Histories'', and finds ways of bringing Herodotus's world into people's homes. | ||
* Hestia was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 2008-2010. | |||
==The Team== | ==The Team== | ||
* Elton Barker, Classical Studies, The Open University | * [http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/classical-studies/barker.shtml Elton Barker], Classical Studies, The Open University | ||
* Stefan Bouzarovski, Geography, The University of Birmingham | * Stefan Bouzarovski, Geography, The University of Birmingham | ||
* Chris Pelling, Classics, Christ Church, Oxford | * Chris Pelling, Classics, Christ Church, Oxford | ||
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* 2012: ‘On using a digital text in modern humanities research: the case of Herodotus’s Histories’, in S. Mahony and G. Bodard (eds), ''Digital Research and the Study of Classical Antiquity'' | * 2012: ‘On using a digital text in modern humanities research: the case of Herodotus’s Histories’, in S. Mahony and G. Bodard (eds), ''Digital Research and the Study of Classical Antiquity'' | ||
Editors: Elton Barker and [http://wiki.digitalclassicist.org/User:LeifIsaksen Leif Isaksen] | |||
Editors: [http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/classical-studies/barker.shtml Elton Barker] and [http://wiki.digitalclassicist.org/User:LeifIsaksen Leif Isaksen] | |||
[[category:projects]] | [[category:projects]] | ||
[[category:geography]] | [[category:geography]] | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 10 July 2012
Title
Hestia: The home for spatial analysis of Herodotus’s Histories
Description
Hestia uses a range of digital technologies as part of a blended, innovative approach to studying the geography of Herodotus’s Histories. Using a freely available digital text of Herodotus from the Perseus on-line library, Hestia captures all place-names mentioned in the narrative, organises that information in a database, and then explores those spatial relations through a series of mapping applications, such as GIS, GoogleEarth and the Narrative TimeMap. Our work both challenges the usual division between East and West by bringing to light the deep network culture that underpins the Histories, and finds ways of bringing Herodotus's world into people's homes.
- Hestia was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 2008-2010.
The Team
- Elton Barker, Classical Studies, The Open University
- Stefan Bouzarovski, Geography, The University of Birmingham
- Chris Pelling, Classics, Christ Church, Oxford
- Leif Isaksen, Archaeological Computing, The University of Southampton
Publications
- 2010: 'Mapping an ancient historian in a digital age: the Herodotus Encoded Space-Text-Image Archive (HESTIA)' Leeds International Classical Journal
- 2011: 'HESTIA (the Herodotus Encoded Space-Text-Imaging Archive): An Interdisciplinary Project’, in Research Infrastructure in the Digital Humanities, Science Policy Briefing of the European Science Foundation
- 2012: ‘On using a digital text in modern humanities research: the case of Herodotus’s Histories’, in S. Mahony and G. Bodard (eds), Digital Research and the Study of Classical Antiquity
Editors: Elton Barker and Leif Isaksen