Structured methods of data production and their visualization using GIS: semantic domains in ethnographic research of landscapes
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https://doi.org/10.12775/LSE.2021.60.04Keywords
landscape, structured methods of data production, GIS (geographic information system), ethnographic researchAbstract
In this article, we present how, using the example of research studies connected with the perception of a landscape, some structured methods of data production used primarily in cognitive anthropology can be applied along with the possibilities of data analysis visualization using geographic information systems. We show the process of working with data gained by qualitative techniques and transferred, using semantic domain analysis, to the GIS interface, and outline the room for interpretation opened up by such a multilevel approach using various tools. Although we subjected the described procedures to pilot verification in our own research, the connection of the presented methodological approaches is still open to scientific discussion and, above all, to further experimentation.
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