摘要
可视化分析技术作为数字人文研究的核心方法,可以将计算模型与人文数据深度匹配,构建起跨学科研究的桥梁。数字人文视角下空间表达的技术内核在于运用图形化映射机制,将体现文本意义、地理场所、关系联接的多源异构数据转化为具备认知适配性的视觉表征,从而突破传统人文研究的分析局限。基于人文地理学的空间转向,当代数字人文的空间表达主要形成了文本可视化、地理可视化、关系可视化三大支柱,分别对应空间生产理论中关于概念空间、经验空间与生活空间的三元辩证关系。在数字人文范式下,可视化技术不仅革新了释义、情境、结构的空间化方法,更通过人机协同的交互式探索机制,推动形成了数据驱动与人文阐释相结合的创新模式。文章系统解析了典型可视化技术的设计原则与实现路径,并揭示其在数字人文前沿领域中的方法论价值。空间表达的新路径是对地理学三元空间的数字化转译,旨在构建多维人文空间解释框架以便型塑空间融合的研究新范式。在此过程中必须同时警惕技术工具主义与视觉中心主义,进而为数字人文的范式转型与学科建设提供积极参考。
In the context of the digital age,digital humanities has evolved into a cutting-edge interdisciplinary field that deeply integrates computational and humanistic thinking,representing a fundamental shift in research paradigms driven by data,employing computation as a methodological approach,while remaining guided by the humanities.The importance of spatial representation has become increasingly prominent in this paradigm shift.Visualization technology is particularly crucial compared to other spatial representation methods.As a core method in digital humanities research,it can closely match computational models to humanities data,thereby building a bridge for interdisciplinary research.This study aims to systematically analyze the design principles and implementation paths of typical visualization technologies based on a literature review and to reveal their methodological value in the cutting-edge field of digital humanities.Spatial thinking in human geography underwent four major shifts.This study proposes a new framework for three visualization paths based on the spatial production theory,arguing that spatial representation from a digital humanities perspective is a digital translation of the geographical spatial triad.First,text visualization corresponds to"conceptual space,"transforming massive amounts of unstructured text into abstract cognitive maps,aiming to reveal the power logic and cultural imagination behind discourse.Second,geographic visualization corresponds to"experiential space,"using geographic information technology to locate data in concrete perceptual maps,aiming to reconstruct the locality of historical events and humanistic activities.Third,relational visualization corresponds to"lived space."Through nongeographical networks of actors or topologies of power and capital,it aims to reflect the reshaping of geographical patterns through social relations.The dialectical relationship among these three elements constitutes a methodological innovation in the expression of the digital humanities space,manifested as a three-dimensional model that is cyclically reinforcing and ultimately unified in specific humanities issues.These new visualization paths help to grasp the multifaceted nature of the concept of"space"in digital humanities,covering both mainstream technological methods and connecting the key directions of humanities research—meaning,place,and connection.They also aim to transcend instrumental technological applications,focusing on how to reconstruct the"spatial imagination"of humanities research through digital methods:methodologically,transforming humanities objects into computable spatial models;epistemologically,revealing hidden spatial logic through visual representation;and in terms of discipline construction,providing a clear research paradigm for digital humanities.In short,the triadic framework of text,geographic,and relational visualization systematically responds to the methodological need for digital humanities to provide an operational and computable interpretation of"space."It precisely corresponds to the complete spectrum of humanistic spaces—conceptual space,experiential space,and lived space—and by promoting cross-validation and fusion analysis of multidimensional data,propels digital humanities research from fragmented data presentation to holistic and explanatory spatial integration and theoretical generation.Notably,in this process,we must be wary of both technological instrumentalism and visual centrism,thereby providing a positive reference for the paradigm shift and discipline construction of digital humanities.In particular,new paths for spatial representation must establish a balance between computational precision and humanistic depth,ultimately promoting a shift in research paradigms from purely technology-driven to human-centered intelligent reconstructions.
作者
庄良
叶超
Zhuang Liang;Ye Chao(School of Social Development,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200241,China;School of International Relations and Public Affairs,Fudan University,Shanghai 200433,China)
出处
《热带地理》
北大核心
2026年第1期98-109,共12页
Tropical Geography
基金
国家自然科学基金项目(42471281)。
关键词
数字化
人文科学
文本可视化
地理可视化
关系可视化
digitalization
humanities
text visualization
geographic visualization
relational visualization
