Digital Humanities as Anamorphosis

Mapping Flat, Deep, and Slow: On the ‘Spirit of Place’ in New Cinema History

“…92 Corey Sparks argues similarly about digital humanities in general, theorising it as 'speculative art' that 'warps linear perspective' using 'technical apparatus, scientific examination, and artistic endeavor.' 93 The Kinomatics Project, which explores intersections of New Cinema History, the creative industries, digital humanities, and big data, has been particularly innovative in pushing the limits for representing cultural and historical data spatially, visually, and aurally. 94 When maps go flatter and deeper, they must also go slower.…”