Oliver Nakoinz, "Geographisch-archäologische Methoden und Konzepte der Identitätskonstruktion", in: Susanne Grunwald, Kerstin P. Hofmann, Daniel A. Werning and Felix Wiedemann (Eds.), Mapping Ancient Identities. Methodisch-kritische Reflexionen zu Kartierungspraktiken , Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 243–260

Abstract

The spatial aspect of identity and culture is addressed in this paper. Identity and culture are different concepts, connected by the term interaction. The objectivistic concept of culture s an effect of interaction while the subjectivistic concept of identity is a kind of intended interaction. Formal quantitative analysis can be used to investigate culture while the investigation of identity is limited by certain restrictions. A degree of correspondence between culture and identity and additional assumptions are used to overcome a part of these restrictions.T hen, the quantitative method is introduced, which is illustrated by case studies from South-West Germany. In addition two complementary concepts are discussed. This paper pleads for the integrative paradigm, which uses complementary approaches.

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Susanne Grunwald, Kerstin P. Hofmann, Daniel A. Werning and Felix Wiedemann (Eds.), Mapping Ancient Identities. Methodisch-kritische Reflexionen zu Kartierungspraktiken, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018