Conversations with landscape

Conversations With Landscape moves beyond conventional dualist approaches to the study of landscape and its relation with humans. 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 that are intrinsic to all conversations between landscape and humans. It will appeal to scholars and researchers across a range of social sciences and humanities

Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - 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