Postcolonial critique and the North in geographical imaginations
Abstract This essey discusses the interconnections between art, human imagination and postcolonial critique in the context of northern Finland. The ‘North’ is conceived here as an imaginative region, a myth, characterized by the stereotypes attached to nature and non-civilization, constructed throug...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe202001162321 2023-07-30T04:05:49+02:00 Postcolonial critique and the North in geographical imaginations Ridanpää, J. (Juha) 2019 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202001162321 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2019 Juha Ridanpää and Lapland University Press. info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:56:21Z Abstract This essey discusses the interconnections between art, human imagination and postcolonial critique in the context of northern Finland. The ‘North’ is conceived here as an imaginative region, a myth, characterized by the stereotypes attached to nature and non-civilization, constructed through various socio-cultural institutions, both in art and science. In the case of Finland, the stereotype of the ‘North’ is a cold, snowy wilderness with reindeer herding Saami people and blazing northern lights. For several centuries, various forms and types of art have functioned in order to mystify, exoticize and legitimize the hegemonic understanding about the ‘North’ as a periphery. However, during recent years several northern artists have started to contest prevailing conceptions and challenge the stereotypes and myths attached to northernness. What follows introduces examples from various forms of northern culture — including literature, design, music, paintings and films — through which the ‘North’ as a myth has been constructed, but also contested. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland saami Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Abstract This essey discusses the interconnections between art, human imagination and postcolonial critique in the context of northern Finland. The ‘North’ is conceived here as an imaginative region, a myth, characterized by the stereotypes attached to nature and non-civilization, constructed through various socio-cultural institutions, both in art and science. In the case of Finland, the stereotype of the ‘North’ is a cold, snowy wilderness with reindeer herding Saami people and blazing northern lights. For several centuries, various forms and types of art have functioned in order to mystify, exoticize and legitimize the hegemonic understanding about the ‘North’ as a periphery. However, during recent years several northern artists have started to contest prevailing conceptions and challenge the stereotypes and myths attached to northernness. What follows introduces examples from various forms of northern culture — including literature, design, music, paintings and films — through which the ‘North’ as a myth has been constructed, but also contested. |
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