Sweden and the Transformation of Northern Historiography
Viewed from the Mediterranean South, the North was associated from the earliest ages with a darkness linked with strange languages, distance, alien cultural behavior, and just plain bad weather. This darkness—or the fog and mist if we use the early description of Marco Polo—was not ignored but itsel...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-121010 2023-10-09T21:53:01+02:00 Sweden and the Transformation of Northern Historiography Knoespel, Kenneth J. 2014 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-121010 eng eng Umeå Journal of Northern Studies, 1654-5915, 2014, 8:2, s. 103-119 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-121010 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sweden Olof Rudbeck Linnæus northern historiography Karlskrona networks digital technology History of Technology Teknikhistoria Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2014 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:44:03Z Viewed from the Mediterranean South, the North was associated from the earliest ages with a darkness linked with strange languages, distance, alien cultural behavior, and just plain bad weather. This darkness—or the fog and mist if we use the early description of Marco Polo—was not ignored but itself became a screen upon which the South could project an ever-growing list of fantasies. While Swedish figures such as Olof Rudbeck made elaborate national projections about the role of the North in civilization, Carl von Linné and others succeeded in translating fantasies of political empire into kingdoms of knowledge. Drawing on Swedish historiography and the history of technology, this essay poses questions about the ways Sweden’s often invisible presence continues to shape the formulation of knowledge. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Northern Studies Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Polo ENVELOPE(28.967,28.967,65.600,65.600) |
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Viewed from the Mediterranean South, the North was associated from the earliest ages with a darkness linked with strange languages, distance, alien cultural behavior, and just plain bad weather. This darkness—or the fog and mist if we use the early description of Marco Polo—was not ignored but itself became a screen upon which the South could project an ever-growing list of fantasies. While Swedish figures such as Olof Rudbeck made elaborate national projections about the role of the North in civilization, Carl von Linné and others succeeded in translating fantasies of political empire into kingdoms of knowledge. Drawing on Swedish historiography and the history of technology, this essay poses questions about the ways Sweden’s often invisible presence continues to shape the formulation of knowledge. |
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Sweden and the Transformation of Northern Historiography |
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