How Distant is Close Enough? Exploring the Toponymic Distortions of Life Story Geographies

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-10-13 DOI:10.1080/2373566X.2021.1965898

S. Caquard, Emory Shaw, José Alavez

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Abstract

Stories are now broadly recognized as important sources of geographic information in different domains of the spatial humanities. The methodologies mobilized to identify these spatial data, however, remain the subject of intense debate. In this paper, we contribute to this debate by focusing on what we can learn from the close reading of stories to improve the quality of distant reading approaches. We do this through an in-depth comparative analysis of how toponyms are used across 10 oral life stories of exiles. Results show that a “distant listening” of the number of country names mentioned in these stories provides an accurate representation of their global geographies. However, the finer-scaled geographies of these stories become highly distorted when counting more local toponyms such as neighborhoods, cities or regions. This study also reveals that results could be improved by accounting for the distribution and repetition of toponyms throughout these stories. Such insights and their nuances are described in this paper with an aim to help narrow the gap between close and distant reading methodologies.

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多远才算近?探索生活故事地理学的地名扭曲

故事现在被广泛认为是空间人文学科不同领域地理信息的重要来源。然而，用于确定这些空间数据的方法仍然是激烈辩论的主题。在本文中，我们通过关注我们可以从故事细读中学到什么来提高远程阅读方法的质量，从而为这场争论做出贡献。我们通过对10个流亡者口头生活故事中如何使用地名的深入比较分析来做到这一点。结果表明，“远距离倾听”这些故事中提到的国家名称的数量，可以准确地反映它们的全球地理位置。然而，当考虑到更多的地方地名(如街区、城市或地区)时，这些故事的精细地理位置就会变得高度扭曲。本研究还表明，考虑到这些故事中地名的分布和重复，可以改善结果。本文描述了这些见解及其细微差别，旨在帮助缩小近距离阅读方法和远距离阅读方法之间的差距。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.