Science and culture in the Kerguelen Islands: a relational approach to the spatial formation of a subantarctic archipelago
The Kerguelen Islands are devoid of a permanent population, but are nonetheless interlinked to past and current human activities that have shaped their subantarctic landscape. In the past decades, the archipelago has become a French outpost for scientific research where scientists, support staff, re...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:55237 2023-05-15T17:01:57+02:00 Science and culture in the Kerguelen Islands: a relational approach to the spatial formation of a subantarctic archipelago Prince, Solene 2018-11 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00441/55237/56718.pdf https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.63 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00441/55237/ eng eng Univ Prince Edward Island, Inst Island Studies https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00441/55237/56718.pdf doi:10.24043/isj.63 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00441/55237/ 2018—Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Island Studies Journal (1715-2593) (Univ Prince Edward Island, Inst Island Studies), 2018-11 , Vol. 13 , N. 2 , P. 129-144 dwelling materiality narrative analysis practice relational geography subantarctic islands scientific research text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.63 2021-09-23T20:31:06Z The Kerguelen Islands are devoid of a permanent population, but are nonetheless interlinked to past and current human activities that have shaped their subantarctic landscape. In the past decades, the archipelago has become a French outpost for scientific research where scientists, support staff, research assistants, and travelers assemble during temporary missions. In this article, I present the spatial formation of islands as relational in order to explore how the material and the cultural converge to make the Kerguelen Islands a place of both mundane practice and global interconnection. These spatialities intertwine the features of the landscape with pre-departure preparations, animal encounters, scientific rigour, daily routines, and past human activities. I advance these narratives by analyzing 18 blogs of French sojourners who have spent extensive time on the Kerguelen Islands. I ultimately give islands without a permanent population a character unlike that of isolation and contemplation as is usually attributed to cold-water islands of the (sub) polar seas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kerguelen Islands Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands Island Studies Journal 13 2 129 144 |
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The Kerguelen Islands are devoid of a permanent population, but are nonetheless interlinked to past and current human activities that have shaped their subantarctic landscape. In the past decades, the archipelago has become a French outpost for scientific research where scientists, support staff, research assistants, and travelers assemble during temporary missions. In this article, I present the spatial formation of islands as relational in order to explore how the material and the cultural converge to make the Kerguelen Islands a place of both mundane practice and global interconnection. These spatialities intertwine the features of the landscape with pre-departure preparations, animal encounters, scientific rigour, daily routines, and past human activities. I advance these narratives by analyzing 18 blogs of French sojourners who have spent extensive time on the Kerguelen Islands. I ultimately give islands without a permanent population a character unlike that of isolation and contemplation as is usually attributed to cold-water islands of the (sub) polar seas. |
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Science and culture in the Kerguelen Islands: a relational approach to the spatial formation of a subantarctic archipelago |
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Science and culture in the Kerguelen Islands: a relational approach to the spatial formation of a subantarctic archipelago |
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Science and culture in the Kerguelen Islands: a relational approach to the spatial formation of a subantarctic archipelago |
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Univ Prince Edward Island, Inst Island Studies |
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