North as Nature: An Ecocritacal Analysis of Royal Canadian Air Force Photography and Leslie Reid's Mapping Time
A semiotic analysis of visual narratives, this thesis explores representations of Arctic landscape to uncover discourses of North and Nature. In the mid-twentieth century, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was tasked with photographing the Canadian Arctic to construct accurate maps of the region....
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ftcarletonuniv:oai:curve.carleton.ca:25563 2023-05-15T14:47:49+02:00 North as Nature: An Ecocritacal Analysis of Royal Canadian Air Force Photography and Leslie Reid's Mapping Time Keating, Hannah Theresa 2016 https://curve.carleton.ca/e5877612-415c-443e-8b26-51db1c328cdb http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b3882439 https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2016-11438 unknown https://curve.carleton.ca/e5877612-415c-443e-8b26-51db1c328cdb http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b3882439 https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2016-11438 Thesis/Dissertation 2016 ftcarletonuniv https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2016-11438 2022-01-23T08:18:06Z A semiotic analysis of visual narratives, this thesis explores representations of Arctic landscape to uncover discourses of North and Nature. In the mid-twentieth century, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was tasked with photographing the Canadian Arctic to construct accurate maps of the region. And, following a residency with the Canadian Forces Artists Program in 2013, contemporary artist Leslie Reid began an ongoing series of paintings and photo-mosaics: Mapping Time. This trans historical thesis is dedicated to an ecologically sensitive approach and considers how aerial photographs of the RCAF not only represent space, but also construct narratives of Canadian sovereignty and contribute to an idea of North as Nature. Integrating examples of RCAF photographs into her photomontages, Reid asks viewers to contemplate the history of Arctic mapping and her paintings welcome a critical approach to representations of place, space, and landscape. Thesis Arctic CURVE - Carleton University Research Virtual Environment Arctic |
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A semiotic analysis of visual narratives, this thesis explores representations of Arctic landscape to uncover discourses of North and Nature. In the mid-twentieth century, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was tasked with photographing the Canadian Arctic to construct accurate maps of the region. And, following a residency with the Canadian Forces Artists Program in 2013, contemporary artist Leslie Reid began an ongoing series of paintings and photo-mosaics: Mapping Time. This trans historical thesis is dedicated to an ecologically sensitive approach and considers how aerial photographs of the RCAF not only represent space, but also construct narratives of Canadian sovereignty and contribute to an idea of North as Nature. Integrating examples of RCAF photographs into her photomontages, Reid asks viewers to contemplate the history of Arctic mapping and her paintings welcome a critical approach to representations of place, space, and landscape. |
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North as Nature: An Ecocritacal Analysis of Royal Canadian Air Force Photography and Leslie Reid's Mapping Time |
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North as Nature: An Ecocritacal Analysis of Royal Canadian Air Force Photography and Leslie Reid's Mapping Time |
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North as Nature: An Ecocritacal Analysis of Royal Canadian Air Force Photography and Leslie Reid's Mapping Time |
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