Title: The North within
Source document: Beyond the 49th Parallel: many faces of the Canadian North. Le Calvé Ivičević, Evaine (Editor); Polić, Vanja (Editor). 1st edition Brno: Masaryk University, 2018, pp. 53-64
Extent
53-64
Stable URL (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.81452
Type
Article
Language
English
Rights access
open access
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Description
To Canadians, "the north" is larger than a geographic space, but performs as an imaginary and imagined realm of idea and inspiration. As such, it transcends its own materiality and demonstrates the conundrum of belonging and estrangement; Canadians belong to the idea of north more than the north belongs to Canadians. The cultural influence of this all-encompassing idea and area goes far beyond its dimensions to measure Nordicity, intimacy, and directionality. Contrary to the idea of north as a direction or as the object of expedition and exploration, the north proves to be a world of stories more than charts. This paper seeks to address the language, depiction, and documentation of the north as practices of inscription and exclusion.
Pour les Canadiens, « le Nord » est plus vaste qu'un espace géographique : il constitue un domaine imaginaire et imaginé d'idées et d'inspiration. En tant que tel, le Nord transcende sa propre matérialité et démontre le dilemme de l'appartenance et de l'éloignement ; les Canadiens appartiennent à l'idée de « Nord » plus que le Nord n'appartient aux Canadiens. L'influence culturelle de cette idée et région englobante va bien au-delà de ses propres dimensions pour mesurer la nordicité, l'intimité, et la directionalité. Contrairement à l'idée de « Nord » en tant que direction ou qu'objet d'expéditions et d'explorations, le Nord se révèle être un monde d'histoires plus que de graphiques. Cet article se propose d'aborder le langage, la représentation, et la documentation du Nord comme pratiques d'inscription et d'exclusion.
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