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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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194508

Antarctica and the humanities

edited byRoberts PederLize-Marié van der WattAdrian Howkins

Abstract

The continent for science is also a continent for the humanities. Despite having no indigenous human population, Antarctica has been imagined in powerful, innovative, and sometimes disturbing ways that reflect politics and culture much further north. Antarctica has become an important source of data for natural scientists working to understand global climate change. As this book shows, the tools of literary studies, history, archaeology, and more, can likewise produce important insights into the nature of the modern world and humanity more broadly.  

Details | Table of Contents

Beriberi at Kerguelen

a sub-antarctic case study of a tropical disease, 1901–1903

Cornelia Lüdecke

pp.53-76

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54575-6_3
Acting artifacts

on the meanings of material culture in Antarctica

Dag Avango

pp.159-179

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54575-6_7
Scott's shadow

"proto territory" in contemporary Antarctica

Elena Glasberg

pp.205-227

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54575-6_9
Emerging from the shadow of science

challenges and opportunities for Antarctic history

Adrian Howkins

pp.251-272

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54575-6_11

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2016

Pages: 312

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-137-54574-9

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-54575-6

Full citation:

Peder Roberts, van der Watt Lize-Marié, Howkins Adrian (2016) Antarctica and the humanities. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.