Darkness. The Dynamics of Darkness in the North

• Main Authors: Chartier, Daniel, Lund, Katrín Anna, Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór
• Other Authors: Spark, Judy, Heys, Toby, Durand, Monique, Gómez-Venegas, Diego, Bielitz, Bárbara, Dagsson, Jóhannes, Landon, Paul, Lahaie, Christiane, Stolar, Batia Boe
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Imaginaire | Nord et University of Iceland 2021
• Subjects: Darkness; Noirceur; Culture; Société; Society; Tourisme; Tourism; Iceland; Island; Québec; North; Nord; Arctique; Arctic; Symbol; Symbole; White; Whiteness; Blanc; Blancheur; Imaginaire du Nord; Images of the North; Night; Day; Jour; Nuit; Art; Gunnar; Monique; Christiane; Arctique*
• Online Access: http://archipel.uqam.ca/14699/1/Darkness%20Qu%C3%A9bec%20final%20corrig%C3%A9%20au%20211117.pdf

Defining darkness can be an impossible exercise to explain absence, nothingness, and the absolute all at once. Darkness falls within a system of symbolic values where colours are ascribed to meanings that are related to one another.The relationship between darkness and the North is as ancient as tha...