The role of spatial visual analysis in historical religious studies

MERTEL, Adam, Zdeněk STACHOŇ, Tomáš GLOMB, Tomáš HAMPEJS, Vojtěch KAŠE, Aleš CHALUPA and Dalibor PAPOUŠEK. The role of spatial visual analysis in historical religious studies. Geografie - Sborník České geografické společnosti. PRAGUE: CZECH GEOGRAPHIC SOC, 2019, vol. 124, No 3, p. 265-280. ISSN 1212-0014. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie2019124030265.

Basic information

• Original name: The role of spatial visual analysis in historical religious studies
• Authors: MERTEL, Adam (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk STACHOŇ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš GLOMB (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš HAMPEJS (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vojtěch KAŠE (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Aleš CHALUPA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Dalibor PAPOUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Geografie - Sborník České geografické společnosti, PRAGUE, CZECH GEOGRAPHIC SOC, 2019, 1212-0014.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50701 Cultural and economic geography
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.957
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/19:00112269
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie2019124030265
• UT WoS: 000488596700002
• Keywords in English: geographic visualization; spatial analysis; study of religions; web maps
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to explore the possibilities and advantages of spatial visual analysis to answering or exploring a hypothesis set by the historical study of religions. The content was based on the GEHIR project that studies the history of ancient Graeco-Roman religions through innovative methods used in the study of the dynamics of complex systems. At the beginning of the paper, three case studies are identified and their hypotheses and input datasets are described. Subsequently, relevant spatial methods are proposed and implemented within a web-based map application that is deployed online (gehir.phil.muni.cz/map). Notwithstanding certain constraints, the new possibilities and advantages of using visual analysis in historical research bring a unique view on the phenomenon. This could open new discussions and contribute to the spreading of geographic approaches to the overall knowledge of historians.

Links

• MUNI/A/1576/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Komplexní výzkum geografického prostředí planety Země

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

• MUNI/M/1867/2014, interní kód MU: Name: Generativní historiografie antického Středomoří: Modelování a simulace dynamiky šíření náboženských představ a forem chování (Acronym: GEHIR)

Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects