Conversations with landscape / edited by Karl Benediktsson and Katrín Anna Lund.

Other author Benediktsson, Karl.
Other author Lund, Katrín Anna.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
Descriptionxi, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAnthropological studies of creativity and perception
Contents Introduction : starting a conversation with landscape / Katrín Anna Lund and Karl Benediktsson -- Conversations with ourselves in metaphysical experiences of nature / Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir -- The limits of our conversations with nature / Gabriel Malenfant -- Landscape as conversation / Edda R. H. Waage -- Time for fluent landscapes / Oscar Aldred -- Grief paves the way / Arnar Árnason -- Slipping into landscape / Katrín Anna Lund and Margaret Willson -- Landscape and aesthetic values : not only in the eye of the beholder / Guðbjörg R. Jóhannesdóttir -- The sublime, ugliness, and terrible beauty in icelandic landscapes / Emily Brady -- Transporting nature : landscape in icelandic urban culture / Anna Jóhannsdóttir and Ástráður eysteinsson -- Ways of addressing nature in a northern context : Romantic poet and natural scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson / Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson -- A stroll through landscapes of sheep and humans / Karl Benediktsson -- Sentience / Anne Brydon -- The empty wilderness : seals and animal representation / Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson -- Aurora landscapes : affective atmospheres of light and dark / Tim edensor -- Epilogue / Tim Ingold.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2010033523
ISBN9781409401865
ISBN9781409401872 (ebk.)