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The spatial turn is an intellectual movement that emphasizes place and space in the social sciences and humanities. It is closely linked to quantitative studies of history, literature, and cartography. Academics like Ernst Cassirer and Lewis Mumford helped define a sense of community and place in their work, contributing to the early spatial turn. The movement grew in French academic theories in the late 20th century, such as those of Michel Foucault. Technologies like geographic information systems have also played a role by quantifying spatial data to study humanities topics by location.

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Spatial Turn - Wikipedia

The spatial turn is an intellectual movement that emphasizes place and space in the social sciences and humanities. It is closely linked to quantitative studies of history, literature, and cartography. Academics like Ernst Cassirer and Lewis Mumford helped define a sense of community and place in their work, contributing to the early spatial turn. The movement grew in French academic theories in the late 20th century, such as those of Michel Foucault. Technologies like geographic information systems have also played a role by quantifying spatial data to study humanities topics by location.

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Spatial turn

Spatial turn is an intellectual movement


that places emphasis on place and space
in social science and the humanities.[1] It
is closely linked with quantitative studies
of history, literature, cartography, and other
studies of society. The movement has
been influential in providing mass
amounts of data for study of cultures,
regions, and specific locations.[2]
History
Academics such as Ernst Cassirer and
Lewis Mumford helped to define a sense
of "community" and "commons" in their
studies, forming the first part of a "spatial
turn."[1] The turn developed more
comprehensively in the later twentieth
century in French academic theories, such
as those of Michel Foucault.[1]

Technologies have also played an


important role in "turns." The introduction
of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
has also been instrumental in quantifying
data in the humanities for study by its
place.[2]

References
1. Guldi, Jo (2011). "What is the Spatial Turn?"
(http://spatial.scholarslab.org/spatial-turn/
what-is-the-spatial-turn/) . Scholars Lab -
University of Virginia Library. Retrieved
22 October 2014.

2. Cordulack, Evan (17 October 2011). "What


is the "Spatial Turn"? A Beginner's Look" (htt
p://at.blogs.wm.edu/what-is-the-spatial-tur
n-a-beginners-look/) . College of William
and Mary. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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