Mapping narrative: QGIS in the humanities classrom
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The document discusses the integration of GIS mapping in analyzing the biography of author Jean Rhys within a humanities classroom context. It highlights the use of the Edinburgh Geoparser and QGIS software for visualizing spatial references in the text, emphasizing the role of space in literary analysis. The author acknowledges collaborators and resources in the process of creating the project.
Mapping narrative: QGIS in the humanities classrom
- 1. Mapping Narrative QGIS in the Humanities Classroom Anouk Lang Department of English, University of Edinburgh anouk.lang@ed.ac.uk | @a_e_lang
- 2. The context: build a GIS of the places mentioned in a biography of Jean Rhys and use this to analyse the role played by space in the text
- 3. Geoparsing with the Edinburgh Geoparser (with thanks to Claire Grover for writing me a custom XSLT stylesheet)
- 4. Data preparation: distinguishing between places elsewhere and places experienced
- 5. Reflecting on the use of spatial references in the Rhys biography
- 9. Anouk Lang | aelang.net @a_e_lang | anouk.lang@ed.ac.uk Many thanks to Tom Armitage and Ian Holmes Credits: The Edinburgh Geoparser www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/software/geoparser/ QGIS www.qgis.org Cartography © OpenStreetMap contributors www.openstreetmap.org/copyright