Globalization, communication and the concept of space in global history

• Verfasst von: Wenzlhuemer, Roland [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Globalization, communication and the concept of space in global history
• Verf.angabe: Roland Wenzlhuemer
• E-Jahr: 2010
• Jahr: [2010]
• Umfang: 29 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 29.11.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Historical social research
• Ort Quelle: Mannheim : GESIS, 1979
• Jahr Quelle: 2010
• Band/Heft Quelle: Vol. 35 (2010), no. 1 = 131, Seite 19-47
• ISSN Quelle: 2366-6846
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Wenzlhuemer, Roland, 1976 - : Globalization, communication and the concept of space in global history. - 2010
• K10plus-PPN: 1871576105

Abstract

To study changing patterns of communication, interactions and transfers is a principal focus of global history. Such shifting connectivity patterns produce new spaces that co-exist with and are complementary to geographic space. The creation, transformation and interaction of these spaces become a central object of study in global history if we want to understand processes of globalization — such as the alleged "shrinking of the world". At the same time, practitioners of global history constantly struggle with spatially delineating their field of study. Therefore, global history needs a new understanding of space that provides a framework for both — looking at space as an object of study as well as clearly identifying and demarcating the field of study. In this article, I propose an abstract, multi-layered and strictly relativistic understanding of space that will help the global historian to better master both challenges.