The change of the function of visual information in geographical studies

视觉信息在地理学中的作用的变化

基本信息

批准号：
16520483
负责人：
OKAMOTO Kohei
金额：
$ 1.6万
依托单位：
Nagoya University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2004 至 2005
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16520483/
关键词：
visual information Geographical Review of Japan AAAG Transactions, IBG map figures and tables history of geography 表

项目摘要

Geographical studies commonly employ visual information such as maps and figures. The relationship between geography and visual information differs by research framework and it changes over time. This study examined the quantity of visual information employed by the papers in major geographical journals in Japan, U.S. and U.K. since 1950 The journals examined were Geographical Review of Japan, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, and Transactions, Institute of British Geographers.The result for AAAG was as follows. 1) Through 50 years in the late 20's century, the total number of visual information employed was 50 pieces per 100 pages in average, which was equivalent to the area of 25 pages (maps; 7pages, tables; 5pages, photograph, paintings, and pictorial diagram; 6pages, other figures; 7pages). That is, a quarter of the total pages were occupied with the visual information. 2) Historical analysis showed that the number of visual information was small in 1950's, and it rapidly increased in the 60's, and then reached the maximum in the late 20's century. It decreased subsequently through 70's to 90's. The results indicated that the visual information increased after the quantitative revolution of geography when the empirical studies flourished, and the role of the visual information became less significant in the recent studies.

地理研究通常使用地图和图形等视觉信息。地理和视觉信息之间的关系因研究框架的不同而不同，并且随着时间的推移而变化。这项研究调查了 1950 年以来日本、美国和英国主要地理期刊论文中所使用的视觉信息的数量。调查的期刊包括《日本地理评论》、《美国地理学家协会年鉴》和《英国地理学家协会汇刊》。 AAAG 的结果如下。 1）20世纪末50年间，平均每100页使用的视觉信息总数为50条，相当于25页的面积（地图；7页、表格；5页、照片、绘画、图解；6页，其他图；7页）。也就是说，总页面的四分之一被视觉信息占据。 2）历史分析表明，20世纪50年代视觉信息数量较少，60年代迅速增加，20世纪后期达到最大。随后从 70 年代到 90 年代有所下降。结果表明，地理学数量革命之后，实证研究蓬勃发展，视觉信息有所增加，而视觉信息的作用在最近的研究中变得不那么重要。