Going North: A Reflection on Lines at the First Canadian Road to the Arctic Coast

• Main Author: Murray, Stephanie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://curve.carleton.ca/61a4134f-ef20-428e-ad1b-70efea2b91a3; https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2019-13832; https://ocul-crl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_CRL/j2o5om/alma991022742927005153

The experience of the first Canadian Road to the Arctic Coas informed the trajectory of this thesis which investigates "the line" as a tool that explores and describes spatial understandings: whether as a physical artifact in space (the road), in making (maps, notations, models and drawings), in storylines (with their material consequences) or physical perspectives (as lines of sight); all of which inform thinking and acting in and toward the site of study. A line doesn't necessarily manifest as "the dot that went for a walk", but often as an inclination, a thought pattern, a habit of spatial engagement, an assumption, or a physical act. The lines we draw and imagine, order our spatial and social practices and write the stories of our understandings. Through a series of reflective exercises this thesis looks for ways in which we might begin destabilizing our patterns of seeing, thinking and making.