Development on Spatially Integrated Humanities and Social Science

Abstract

Two basic dimensions for describing the human social development and human cultural phenomena are space and time. Previous humanities research emphasizes much of the attribution of phenomena itself and time dimension because of the technologic limitation and epistemological difference. Sometimes these research ignored the space dimension or retained the attitude of excluding it. Fortunately, more and more scholars have rethought the importance of spatial coordination system and begun to use spatial thinking in their research. These scholars come from the discipline of history, philosophy, literature, economics, sociology, anthropology, archeology, geography, politics, statistics, etc. This article, based on the instructive thought of space and integrated humanities and social science research, intends to take modern geographic information science and methodology and related space technology as a platform, to tentatively discuss the spatio -temporal characteristics of multi-disciplinary humanity and social science research. Emphases are given particularly to the spatial attribute, space distribution, spatially mutual affection and space evolution rule of the economic and cultural phenomena in human society. In this article, the authors put forward the elementary thought of spatially integrated humanities and social science research which includes basic concept, research object, basic methodology and development direction and wish it can promote the discussion.

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