Arctic Archives – Ice, Memory, and Entropy

Author:   Kjetil Jakobsen ,  Susi K. Frank
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
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9783837646566


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   08 December 2021
Format:   Paperback
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This pioneering volume explores the Arctic as an important and highly endangered archive of knowledge about natural as well as human history of the anthropocene. Focusing on the Arctic as an archive means to investigate it not only as a place of human history and memory - of Arctic exploring, ???conquering??? and colonizing -, but to take into account also the specific environmental conditions of the circumpolar region: ice and permafrost. These have allowed a huge natural archive to emerge, offering rich sources for natural scientists and historians alike. Examining the debate on the notion of (???natural???) archive, the cultural semantics and historicity of the meaning of concepts like ???warm???, ???cold???, ???freezing??? and ???melting??? as well as various works of literature, art and science on Arctic topics, this volume brings together literary scholars, historians of knowledge and philosophy, art historians, media theorists and archivologists.

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Author:   Kjetil Jakobsen ,  Susi K. Frank
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
Imprint:   Transcript Verlag
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9783837646566


ISBN 10:   3837646564
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   08 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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"""Boasting an impressive collection of literary scholars, theorists, and scientists from several disciplinary backgrounds, this thoroughly researched and engagingly written volume provides an excellent foundation for future work on an intriguing and worthwhile subject."" Matthew S. Wiseman, H-Net-Reviews, 1 (2021)"


Boasting an impressive collection of literary scholars, theorists, and scientists from several disciplinary backgrounds, this thoroughly researched and engagingly written volume provides an excellent foundation for future work on an intriguing and worthwhile subject. Matthew S. Wiseman, H-Net-Reviews, 1 (2021)


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Susi K. Frank is professor of East Slavic literatures and cultures at Humboldt University Berlin. Her research fields are geopoetology; literature/art and (visual) memory; literature and literary politics in (post-)imperial contexts (Russia and Soviet Union). Kjetil Jakobsen is professor of history at Nord Universitet Bodo. From 2011 to 2014 he was Henrik Steffens professor at Humboldt-University Berlin.

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