Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse
This article proposes that the experiences of screen tourists in Oxford help to create a theoretical “deep map” of the city which explores place through narrative. Building on the travel writing of William Least Heat-Moon and other recent work in the spatial humanities, two case studies of major scr...
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| description | This article proposes that the experiences of screen tourists in Oxford help to create a theoretical “deep map” of the city which explores place through narrative. Building on the travel writing of William Least Heat-Moon and other recent work in the spatial humanities, two case studies of major screen tourism drivers are considered and analyzed. The British television drama Inspector Morse (1987–2000) explores the ambiguity of Oxford intellectualism through its central character. Morse’s love of high culture, especially music, provides suggestive additional layers for multimedia mapping, which are realized online through user-adapted Google Maps and geolocated images posted on the Flickr service. Harry Potter fans may not be “pure” or independent screen tourists, but they provide a wealth of data on their interactions with filming locations via social media such as Instagram. This data provides emotional as well as factual evidence, and is accumulating into an ever richer and deeper digital map of human experience. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ae98e0dca47410ea8d9e5a31f0c5cd02022-12-22T00:53:50ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872015-08-014332033310.3390/h4030320h4030320Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector MorseJames Cateridge0School of Arts, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP, UKThis article proposes that the experiences of screen tourists in Oxford help to create a theoretical “deep map” of the city which explores place through narrative. Building on the travel writing of William Least Heat-Moon and other recent work in the spatial humanities, two case studies of major screen tourism drivers are considered and analyzed. The British television drama Inspector Morse (1987–2000) explores the ambiguity of Oxford intellectualism through its central character. Morse’s love of high culture, especially music, provides suggestive additional layers for multimedia mapping, which are realized online through user-adapted Google Maps and geolocated images posted on the Flickr service. Harry Potter fans may not be “pure” or independent screen tourists, but they provide a wealth of data on their interactions with filming locations via social media such as Instagram. This data provides emotional as well as factual evidence, and is accumulating into an ever richer and deeper digital map of human experience.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/4/3/320deep mappingscreen tourismOxfordHarry PotterInspector Morseintellectualismsocial media |
| spellingShingle | James Cateridge Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse Humanities deep mapping screen tourism Oxford Harry Potter Inspector Morse intellectualism social media |
| title | Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse |
| title_full | Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse |
| title_fullStr | Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse |
| title_short | Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse |
| title_sort | deep mapping and screen tourism the oxford of harry potter and inspector morse |
| topic | deep mapping screen tourism Oxford Harry Potter Inspector Morse intellectualism social media |
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