Implementation of geographical information system technology in historical research

• Grant number: 13/05444-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2013
• End date: July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Luis Antonio Coelho Ferla
• Grantee: Luis Antonio Coelho Ferla
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Fábio Alexandre dos Santos ; Fernando Atique ; Janes Jorge ; Maria João Ferreira dos Santos

Abstract

In the scope of the extraordinary developments of information technology, the so-called Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have had their application more and more disseminated and diversified. Their technological identity regards their capacity to incorporate spatial dimension into analyses where it is the key element. However, their application in historical researches is still too incipient, not only regarding what happens in other fields of knowledge, but also in contrast with the systematic importance of issues related to space in studies of the past. As regards the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, along with the Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo, a group of researches has been after the study of the possibilities of using this technology in History. (AU)