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Over the long-term, this included the examination of how spaces, spatial relations, movements, and directions were perceived and imagined; how they were represented in various media; and to what extent spatial perception, experience, and representation affected the knowledge of spaces – and how this knowledge in turn decisively influenced spatial perception, experience, and representation. Research in area C integrated the disciplines of linguistics, text studies, and literary criticism, as well as archaeology, art history, and history.</p> <p>Research group <a href="/group/c-1/">(C-1) Deixis and Frames of Reference</a> focused on the phenomenon of perspectivation in language, text and graphical communication systems (e.g. pictorial narratives, text-image complexes); research group <a href="/group/c-2/">(C-2) Space and Metaphor</a> was dedicated to spatial metaphors used in written and non-written communication by diverse cultures from antiquity through the early modern era to the present day; research group <a href="/group/c-3/">(C-3) Fragments, Ruins, and Space</a> dealt with the perception and representation of ancient spaces in modern contexts; the goal of research group <a href="/group/c-4/">(C-4) Pictorial Constructions of Space(s)</a> was to apply a diachronic perspective and a comparative-culture approach to the study of the construction of space through pictures; research group <a href="/group/c-5/">(C-5) Common Sense Geography </a> analyzed concepts of “common sense geography” in ancient cultures; and research group <a href="/group/c-6/">(C-6) Cityscaping</a> concentrated on ancient cities and the process whereby urban spaces are actively shaped and modeled.</p> </article> <aside id="conent-aside"> <h2>Spokespersons</h2><div><a href='/person/fabricius-johanna/'>Johanna Fabricius</a></div><div><a href='/person/kammerzell-frank/'>Frank Kammerzell</a></div><h2>Coordinator</h2><div><a href='/person/siebel-katrin/'>Katrin Siebel</a></div> <h2>Groups</h2> <div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/c-1/'>(C-1) Deixis and Frames of Reference</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/c-2/'>(C-2) Space and Metaphor</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/c-3/'>(C-3) Fragments, Ruins, and Space</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/c-4/'>(C-4) Pictorial Constructions of Space(s)</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/c-5/'>(C-5) Common Sense Geography</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/c-6/'>(C-6) Cityscaping</a></div> </aside> </hgroup> </div> </div> </hgroup> </div> <footer id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div style="width:1000px; margin: 10px auto"> <nav id="access-footer" role="navigation"> <h3 class="assistive-text">Footer menu</h3> <div class="menu-footer-menu-container"><ul id="menu-footer-menu" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-14174" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14174"><a href="/home/impressum/">Impressum</a></li> </ul></div> </nav> <div style="text-align: right;">There will be no updates to this website after October 31, 2019, as the Excellence Cluster comes to an end on that date.</div> </div> </footer> <script type="text/javascript"> function showhide_toggle(type, post_id, show_text, hide_text) { var $link = jQuery("#"+ type + "-link-" + post_id) , $link_a = jQuery('a', $link) , $content = jQuery("#"+ type + "-content-" + post_id) , $toggle = jQuery("#"+ type + "-toggle-" + post_id) , show_hide_class = 'sh-show sh-hide'; $link.toggleClass(show_hide_class); $content.toggleClass(show_hide_class).toggle(); if($link_a.attr('aria-expanded') === 'true') { $link_a.attr('aria-expanded', 'false'); } else { $link_a.attr('aria-expanded', 'true'); } if($toggle.text() === show_text) { $toggle.text(hide_text); } else { $toggle.text(show_text); } } </script> </body> </html>