*Call for contributors: **/Humanities /**(ISSN 2076-0787) special issue
on “Deep Mapping”
*(_http://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/DeepMapping_)**
Guest editor: Les Roberts, University of Liverpool
Dear Colleagues,
This is a proposal for a Special Issue of the journal, Humanities, on
the theme of “deep mapping”. For some time, there has been much
discussion of the impacts of a “spatial turn” in arts and humanities
disciplines. The more far-reaching these impacts have become, the
broader the scope of what a more “spatially inflected” humanities might,
and indeed does, look like. Yet, while the breadth of scholarship to
which we can attach the provisional label “spatial humanities” has, not
surprisingly, foregrounded issues of space and place, questions of time
and temporality equally underpin theoretical and practical interventions
that are advancing research in this area. The idea of “deep mapping”,
which, as a term, has its origins in the writings of William Least
Heat-Moon (but as an idea, “deep mapping” has a much deeper provenance),
is one that finds resonance across spatial humanities research more
generally. While not necessarily couched in such terms, deep mapping
speaks to a rich profusion of perspectives that are, in some shape or
form, engaged with the mapping or tapping of a layered and multifaceted
sense of place, narrative, history, and memory. From Historical GIS, to
developments in literary or cinematic geography, or work on popular
music heritage and the characterization of place, to approaches that
fall under a more generic banner of “psychogeography”, deep mapping
encompasses a loose set of orientations and practices that give fuller
expression to what we have come to understand as “spatial humanities”.
Contributions for this Special Issue are therefore sought from a wide
range of fields that address questions that engage with or respond to a
conceptual focus on “deep mapping”. Papers that more specifically
explore themes of cultural memory in relation to deep mapping or spatial
humanities research are particularly welcomed.
The submission deadline is *1 June 2015*.
Contact the assistant editor Ms. Jie Gu at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for questions regarding the submission
process or the issue editor Dr. Les Roberts [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for questions regarding the
appropriateness of the content or style of your manuscript.
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*****It is antic**ipated that t**he special issue will also be
**published **i**n **e**-book format**.*
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Les Roberts (Dr)
Lecturer in Digital Cultures
Department of Communication and Media
School of the Arts
19 Abercromby Square
University of Liverpool
Liverpool. L69 7ZG. UK
tel: +44 151 794 3102
www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/staff/les-roberts/
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/staff/les-roberts/>
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