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	DOI:10.3366/ijhac.2011.0005

Corpus ID: 2504582Abstract Machine - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for literary and cultural studies: 'Mapping Kavanagh'
@article{Travis2010AbstractM,
  title={Abstract Machine - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for literary and cultural studies: 'Mapping Kavanagh'},
  author={C. Travis},
  journal={Int. J. Humanit. Arts Comput.},
  year={2010},
  volume={4},
  pages={17-37}
}
	C. Travis
	Published 2010
	Sociology, Computer Science
	Int. J. Humanit. Arts Comput.

Drawing upon previous theoretical and practical work in historical and qualitative applications of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), this paper, in Giles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's terminology, conceptualizes GIS as ‘an abstract machine’ which plays a ‘piloting role’ which does not ‘function to represent’ something real, but rather ‘constructs a real which is yet to come.’ To illustrate this digital humanities mapping methodology, the essay examines Irish writer Patrick Kavanagh's novel… Expand

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