Introduction: Theory-building and Spatial Semantics
Ute Wardenga (SFB 1199 & IfL Leipzig) & Ulf Engel (SFB 1199 & Leipzig U)
The weekly colloquium of the Collaborative Research Centre provides a forum for presentations by external guests as well as by members of the SFB 1199 within a tailored thematic framework. The format helps to create a common ground for discussion between guests, the Collaborative Research Centre, as well as the wider academic public. The complete program can be found here.
The Colloquium of the summer term 2022 will be devoted to the theme ‘Spatial Semantics’, i.e. multiple and various acts of expressing, describing, visualizing, assessing and questioning spatial phenomena – eventually leading to the stabilization of processes of spatialization. The change, circulation and transformation of those spatial semantics is one of the common and overarching research issues of the SFB 1199.
In the introductory session, Ute Wardenga and Ulf Engel are going to discuss understandings and conceptualizations of spatial semantics, the material we have at hand, and the way we want to explore it subproject-wise in individual sessions by asking what kind of vocabulary, visualizations, and symbolics are there in the sources and research material, and how that can enrich our common understanding and conceptualizations. The series of sessions is complemented by presentations of colleagues from abroad working in related fields of expertise and addressing similar questions.
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