The role of cultural heritage in the geopolitics of the Arctic : the example of Franklin’s lost expedition
Sir John Franklin’s ships departed from Greenhithe port in Great Britain (1845) with the aim of discovering the Northwest Passage in what is now Canada. During their journey, both ships got stuck in ice near King William Island and eventually sank. Over time, searches were held in order to find both...
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ftunivlavalcorp:oai:corpus.ulaval.ca:20.500.11794/68042 2024-06-23T07:49:39+00:00 The role of cultural heritage in the geopolitics of the Arctic : the example of Franklin’s lost expedition Berthold, Étienne Pawliw, Kim Lasserre, Frédéric Arctique Canada 2021-02-04T21:39:15Z application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/68042 https://doi.org/10.11143/fennia.98496 eng eng Turku Geographical society of Finland 1798-5617 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/68042 doi:10.11143/fennia.98496 http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Cultural heritage Arctic Identity Sovereignty Franklin’s lost expedition Stephen Harper Franklin John Sir 1786-1847 -- Voyages Arctique -- Découverte et exploration Patrimoine culturel Harper Stephen -- Langage Canada -- Histoire -- 1812 Guerre de Analyse du discours article de recherche COAR1_1::Texte::Périodique::Revue::Contribution à un journal::Article::Article de recherche 2021 ftunivlavalcorp https://doi.org/20.500.11794/6804210.11143/fennia.98496 2024-06-10T23:42:53Z Sir John Franklin’s ships departed from Greenhithe port in Great Britain (1845) with the aim of discovering the Northwest Passage in what is now Canada. During their journey, both ships got stuck in ice near King William Island and eventually sank. Over time, searches were held in order to find both wrecks. More recently, under the Conservative Government of Stephen Harper (2006–2015) there was renewed interest regarding what is now referred to as Franklin’s lost expedition. Searches resumed and narratives were formed regarding the importance of this expedition for Canadian identity. This article is embedded in a sociocultural perspective and will examine the role that cultural heritage can play in the geopolitics of the Arctic while highlighting the process of ‘patrimonialization’ that the Franklin’s lost expedition has undergone during Harper’s term in office. Based on discourse analysis, it brings out the main narratives that surrounded the modern searches of Franklin’s wrecks which are related to history, national historic sites, mystery, diversity, importance of Inuit knowledge and information gathering. This article demonstrates that these narratives were intended to form a new Canadian northern identity and to assert Canada’s sovereignty over the Arctic. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Arctique* inuit King William Island Northwest passage Université Laval: CorpusUL Arctic Canada Northwest Passage Découverte ENVELOPE(141.558,141.558,-66.775,-66.775) Harper ENVELOPE(-57.050,-57.050,-84.050,-84.050) King William Island ENVELOPE(-97.418,-97.418,69.168,69.168) William Island ENVELOPE(-130.703,-130.703,54.035,54.035) Fennia - International Journal of Geography |
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Sir John Franklin’s ships departed from Greenhithe port in Great Britain (1845) with the aim of discovering the Northwest Passage in what is now Canada. During their journey, both ships got stuck in ice near King William Island and eventually sank. Over time, searches were held in order to find both wrecks. More recently, under the Conservative Government of Stephen Harper (2006–2015) there was renewed interest regarding what is now referred to as Franklin’s lost expedition. Searches resumed and narratives were formed regarding the importance of this expedition for Canadian identity. This article is embedded in a sociocultural perspective and will examine the role that cultural heritage can play in the geopolitics of the Arctic while highlighting the process of ‘patrimonialization’ that the Franklin’s lost expedition has undergone during Harper’s term in office. Based on discourse analysis, it brings out the main narratives that surrounded the modern searches of Franklin’s wrecks which are related to history, national historic sites, mystery, diversity, importance of Inuit knowledge and information gathering. This article demonstrates that these narratives were intended to form a new Canadian northern identity and to assert Canada’s sovereignty over the Arctic. |
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The role of cultural heritage in the geopolitics of the Arctic : the example of Franklin’s lost expedition |
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