Sirmilik, geographical experience, and the question of landscape

Traditional landscape aesthetics, featured in geography and the fine arts, privilege a form of distance firmly attached to the gaze of the European colonial. This conceptualization of space has been strongly criticized and has recently been overshadowed in academia by an emphasis on a multisensory f...

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Published in:Brno Studies in English
Main Author: Wilson, Samantha
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Zacharias Kunuk
Canadian National Parks Project
cultural geography
landscape aesthetics
phenomenology
Arctic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/130308
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2013-2-3
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spelling ftmasarykufarts:oai:digilib.phil.muni.cz:11222.digilib/130308 2023-05-15T15:01:25+02:00 Sirmilik, geographical experience, and the question of landscape Wilson, Samantha 2014-09-13 http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/130308 https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2013-2-3 eng eng Brno studies in English [1] Cosgrove, Denis E. (1985) " Prospect, Perspective and the Evolution of the Landscape Idea ". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 10 (1), 45–62. | DOI 10.2307/622249 [2] Cosgrove, Denis E. (2008) Geography and Vision: Seeing, Imagining and Representing the World . London: I.B. Tauris. [3] Heath, Stephen (1981) Questions of Cinema . Bloomington: Indiana UP. [4] Heidegger, Martin (1993) " Building, Dwelling, Thinking ". In: Farrell, David (ed.) Basic Writings. New York: Harper Collins, 343–363. [5] Heidegger, Martin (1996) Being and Time . Albany: State University of New York. [6] Ingold, Tim (1993) " The temporality of the landscape ". World Archaeology 25 (2), 152–174. | DOI 10.1080/00438243.1993.9980235 [7] Lefebvre, Martin (2011) " On Landscape in Narrative Film ". Canadian Journal of Film Studies 20 (1), 61–78. | DOI 10.3138/cjfs.20.1.61 [8] Lukinbeal, Christopher (2011) " Scale: An Unstable Representational Analogy ". Media Fields Journal 4, 1–13. [9] Mitchell, W.J. Thomas (2002) " Imperial Landscape ". In: Mitchell, W.J. Thomas (ed.) Landscape and Power. Chicago: University of Chicago, 5–34. [10] Relph, Edward (2000) " Geographical Experiences and Being-in-the-World: The Phenomenological Origins of Geography ". In: Seamon, David and Robert Mugerauer (eds.) Dwelling, Place, and Environment: Towards a Phenomenology of Person and World, 2nd ed. Malabar, Florida: Krieger, 15–32. [11] Russell, Catherine (2006) " The Inhabited View: Landscape in the Films of David Rimmer ". In: Lefebvre, Martin (ed.) Landscape and Film. New York: Routledge, 149–166. [12] " Sirmilik National Park of Canada ". (2009) Parks Canada. Government of Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/sirmilik/natcul/natcul4.aspx , accessed on 10 March 2012. [13] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner . Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. 2001. [14] The Journal of Knud Rasmussen . Dir. Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk. 2006. [15] Before Tomorrow . Dir. Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu. 2008. [16] Sirmilik . Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. 2011. Zacharias Kunuk Canadian National Parks Project cultural geography landscape aesthetics phenomenology 2014 ftmasarykufarts https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2013-2-3 https://doi.org/10.2307/622249 https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1993.9980235 https://doi.org/10.3138/cjfs.20.1.61 2019-10-30T19:40:25Z Traditional landscape aesthetics, featured in geography and the fine arts, privilege a form of distance firmly attached to the gaze of the European colonial. This conceptualization of space has been strongly criticized and has recently been overshadowed in academia by an emphasis on a multisensory form of embodied experience. In contrast to this shift of emphasis, Martin Heidegger placed traditional structures of contemplation alongside an embodied process when accounting for our relationship to landscape and space. Zacharias Kunuk emphasizes this problematization from the indigenous point of view in his latest short film, Sirmilik (2011). In the film he challenges the notion that one form of experience can be separated from the other when considering the arctic landscape. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Arctic Brno Studies in English 39 2 37 53
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Canadian National Parks Project
cultural geography
landscape aesthetics
phenomenology
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Canadian National Parks Project
cultural geography
landscape aesthetics
phenomenology
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Sirmilik, geographical experience, and the question of landscape
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Canadian National Parks Project
cultural geography
landscape aesthetics
phenomenology
description Traditional landscape aesthetics, featured in geography and the fine arts, privilege a form of distance firmly attached to the gaze of the European colonial. This conceptualization of space has been strongly criticized and has recently been overshadowed in academia by an emphasis on a multisensory form of embodied experience. In contrast to this shift of emphasis, Martin Heidegger placed traditional structures of contemplation alongside an embodied process when accounting for our relationship to landscape and space. Zacharias Kunuk emphasizes this problematization from the indigenous point of view in his latest short film, Sirmilik (2011). In the film he challenges the notion that one form of experience can be separated from the other when considering the arctic landscape.
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[1] Cosgrove, Denis E. (1985) " Prospect, Perspective and the Evolution of the Landscape Idea ". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 10 (1), 45–62. | DOI 10.2307/622249
[2] Cosgrove, Denis E. (2008) Geography and Vision: Seeing, Imagining and Representing the World . London: I.B. Tauris.
[3] Heath, Stephen (1981) Questions of Cinema . Bloomington: Indiana UP.
[4] Heidegger, Martin (1993) " Building, Dwelling, Thinking ". In: Farrell, David (ed.) Basic Writings. New York: Harper Collins, 343–363.
[5] Heidegger, Martin (1996) Being and Time . Albany: State University of New York.
[6] Ingold, Tim (1993) " The temporality of the landscape ". World Archaeology 25 (2), 152–174. | DOI 10.1080/00438243.1993.9980235
[7] Lefebvre, Martin (2011) " On Landscape in Narrative Film ". Canadian Journal of Film Studies 20 (1), 61–78. | DOI 10.3138/cjfs.20.1.61
[8] Lukinbeal, Christopher (2011) " Scale: An Unstable Representational Analogy ". Media Fields Journal 4, 1–13.
[9] Mitchell, W.J. Thomas (2002) " Imperial Landscape ". In: Mitchell, W.J. Thomas (ed.) Landscape and Power. Chicago: University of Chicago, 5–34.
[10] Relph, Edward (2000) " Geographical Experiences and Being-in-the-World: The Phenomenological Origins of Geography ". In: Seamon, David and Robert Mugerauer (eds.) Dwelling, Place, and Environment: Towards a Phenomenology of Person and World, 2nd ed. Malabar, Florida: Krieger, 15–32.
[11] Russell, Catherine (2006) " The Inhabited View: Landscape in the Films of David Rimmer ". In: Lefebvre, Martin (ed.) Landscape and Film. New York: Routledge, 149–166.
[12] " Sirmilik National Park of Canada ". (2009) Parks Canada. Government of Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/sirmilik/natcul/natcul4.aspx , accessed on 10 March 2012.
[13] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner . Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. 2001.
[14] The Journal of Knud Rasmussen . Dir. Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk. 2006.
[15] Before Tomorrow . Dir. Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu. 2008.
[16] Sirmilik . Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. 2011.
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