Introduction to Spatial Humanities

**This training is unfortunately cancelled owing to UCU industrial strike action. Apologies for the inconvenience that this may cause.**

 

Training providers: Dr Francesca Benatti and Dr Elton Barker (Open University)

Details: Tuesday 15 February 10.00-12.00 GMT and Thursday 17 February 10.00-12.00 GMT

About the training

This workshop will introduce students to the area of Spatial Humanities, the application of geospatial perspectives to the study of the Humanities. The workshop will provide an introductory overview of Spatial Humanities methodologies and tools, with a focus on semantic annotation of places, people and events through the award-winning Recogito platform.

 Participants will reflect on the benefits and limitations of Spatial Humanities approaches and on their application to their own disciplinary area. No knowledge of programming is required and participants will be using tools accessible from their internet browser for the practical component of the course. 

To Register

Please register via Inkpath.