Conversations With Landscape

Höfundur: Karl Benediktsson (Útgáfa: 1)
Conversations With Landscape

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Conversations With Landscape moves beyond the conventional dualisms associated with landscape, exploring notions of landscape and its relation with humans through the metaphor of conversation. Such an approach conceives of landscape as an actor in the ongoing communication that is inherent in any perception, recognising the often-ignored mutuality of encounters between human and non-human actors. With contributions drawn from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, geography, archaeology, philosophy, literature and the visual arts, this book explores the affects and emotions engendered in the conversations between landscape and humans.

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Útgefandi
Taylor & Francis
ISBN
9781317159810
Print ISBN
9781409401865
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
Karl Benediktsson
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2016-05-13
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover Page
  • Half Title page
  • Series page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction: Starting a Conversation with Landscape
  • Conversations – With Landscape?
  • Landscape – Extending the Horizon
  • The Book
  • References
  • 2 Conversations with Ourselves in Metaphysical Experiences of Nature
  • Introduction
  • Metaphysical Experience of Landscape
  • The Self of Metaphysical Experiences
  • The Embodied Self of Metaphysical Experiences
  • Ethical Implications of Metaphysical Experiences of Wild Landscapes
  • References
  • 3 The Limits of our “Conversations with Nature”
  • Introduction: A Generative Metaphor
  • What do Environmental Philosophers Gain in Using Such Metaphors?
  • An Ontological “Decentering”
  • An Epistemological Shift
  • A Shift in Attitudes – Against Hubris
  • Theoretical and Practical Limitations of the Non-Anthropocentric Approach
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Landscape as Conversation
  • Introduction
  • Landscape as a Relational Space in the World of Perception
  • The Icelandic Landscape Concept
  • The Culturally Embedded Meaning of Landslag
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 5 Time for Fluent Landscapes
  • Introduction
  • Archaeologies of Landscape
  • Archaeological Approaches to Landscape
  • Material Events: Residuality and Bricolage
  • Vatnsfjörður's Fluent Landscape
  • Is Landscape still Landscape?
  • References
  • 6 Grief Paves the Way
  • Introduction
  • Landscape2
  • Speed and the Nation-Form in Iceland
  • The Girl in Kúagerði
  • Road Safety
  • Paving the Way
  • Tracing the Path of Death
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 7 Slipping into Landscape
  • Introduction
  • Connecting to Landscape – Paths and Visions
  • The Slip
  • Paths of Motion and Emotion
  • References
  • 8 Landscape and Aesthetic Values: Not Only in the Eye of the Beholder
  • Introduction
  • Landscape: Objective or Subjective?
  • Landscape as Flesh: Merleau-Ponty's Rethinking of Subject and Object
  • Landscape – Flesh – Atmosphere
  • References
  • 9 The Sublime, Ugliness and “Terrible Beauty” in Icelandic Landscapes
  • Introduction
  • The Sublime
  • Ugliness
  • Terrible Beauty
  • Conclusion: Enriching Relationships with Nature
  • References
  • 10 Transporting Nature: Landscape in Icelandic Urban Culture
  • Changing Places
  • Children of Nature?
  • The Landscape in the Living Room
  • The Visual World: Nature Near and Far
  • The Land and the Sofa Painting
  • Settlements: Routes and Roots
  • Þingvellir in Reykjavík
  • Transported Mountains
  • Seizing Landscape
  • References
  • 11 Ways of Addressing Nature in a Northern Context: Romantic Poet and Natural Scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson
  • Rural Roots and Urban Education
  • What Makes a Nature Poet?
  • Lava Formation and Levels of Conversation
  • Inner and Outer Nature in Jónas's Later Poetry
  • References
  • 12 A Stroll through Landscapes of Sheep and Humans
  • Introduction
  • Animals, Spaces, Places – and Landscapes
  • Animal, Umwelt and Landscape
  • Iceland: A Grazed Landscape
  • The Mountain in the Lamb
  • The Umwelt of the Road
  • Conclusion: Inter-Species Conversations and Landscape Politics
  • References
  • 13 Sentience
  • Considering Sentience
  • Sentience and the Whaling Issue
  • Sentience and Hydroelectric Development
  • Ocean and Land
  • Analysis and Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 14 The Empty Wilderness: Seals and Animal Representation
  • Introduction: The Eclipsed Animal
  • The Context of the Research
  • The Art and Resonance
  • Empathy and Notions of Weakness
  • A Proposed Meeting of Human and Animal
  • References
  • 15 Aurora Landscapes: Affective Atmospheres of Light and Dark
  • Introduction
  • Tourist Doxa and Sensual Experience
  • Landscape and Light
  • The Still Sensing of the Landscapes of the Aurora
  • Vitalist Landscapes
  • Aurora Landscapes and Affect
  • The Ineffable Landscapes of Aurora: A Return to the Sublime
  • References
  • 16 Epilogue
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • V
  • VI
  • References
  • Index