Mekânsal Beşerî Bilimler ve Osmanlı Çalışmaları: Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri’nin (CBS) Osmanlı Şehir ve İdari Tarihi için Potansiyeli
Spatial Humanities and Ottoman Studies: The Potential of Geographic Information System (GIS) for Ottoman Urban and Administrative History

Summary/Abstract: Technological tools that provide observing time and space simultaneously helped the emergence of new research areas concerning the effects of physical space on people and cultures and the capability of human perception in shaping space. Geographic Information System (GIS), particularly, goes beyond the physical aspect and enables “exploration of space” in relation to different questions, resources, and layers of the humanities. This study presents a method for applying Spatial Humanities in Ottoman studies as a new approach that enriches the field with its interdisciplinary structure by focusing on space. It discusses the contributions of this new field to the researcher to understand space. The study concretely exemplifies the interaction between concepts of space, humanities, and technology through a case study on the spatial thinking of the 16th century Ottoman archival documents, more specifically the Ottoman urban and administrative history. With a sample prepared from archival records of the Ottoman Empire, it maps administrative division with GIS technology and investigates the potential of Spatial Humanities.

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