Utilization of Electronic Cultural Atlas for Humanities: Area study based Digital Humanities

Abstract

As a methodology for academic studies, user requirements and use cases on systems which are fusion of specific academic disciplines and information technology are increasing. Digital Humanities is a research methodology, which means study methods or systems for Humanities, Area studies etc. Electronic cultural atlas is a form of convergence technology that is merged between IT and cultural contents, and it can be effectively utilized in academic researches. In this paper, we suggest methods to utilize electronic cultural atlas for Humanities and Area studies from the perspective of Digital Humanities. In details, we investigate both systems related to Digital Humanities and electronic cultural atlas at domestic and overseas perspective, and also study on methods to implement electronic cultural atlas effectively in the view of Digital Humanities. Received (January 12, 2015), Review request(January 14, 2015), Review Result(January 29, 2015) Accepted(February 13, 2015), Published(April 30, 2015) 609-815 Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Namsan-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Korea email: mooswon@bufs.ac.kr (Corresponding Author) 609-815 Dept. of Computer Engineering, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Namsan-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Korea email: shmoon87@bufs.ac.kr * 이 논문은 2014년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(KRF-2007-362-A00021) Utilization of Electronic Cultural Atlas for Humanities·Area study based Digital Humanities Copyright c 2015 HSST 306