Walking and sitting in the Australian Antarctic Territory : mobility and imperial space
Contribuinte(s) |
Vannini, Phillip |
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2009
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Resumo |
In 1995 and 1997, two major Australian expeditions travelled to Antarctica. They were the most heavily-reported Antarctican events of their two years: they were charged with the public production of Australian Antarctic spatiality. Both published exploration narratives: Don and Margie McIntyre’s Expedition Icebound generated an illustrated coffee-table book, Two Below Zero: A Year Alone in Antarctica, and the Spirit of Australia South Pole Expedition published its narrative as a video titled Walking on Ice: The History-Making Expedition to the South Pole. Yet, despite the fact that the two polar trips took place during the same period, their spatialities are markedly different. Walking on Ice is a mobile narrative of imperial exploration, while Two Below Zero is a static spatial story of colonial settlement. How polar mobility and relative immobility figure in Australia’s perceptions of, and claim to, nearly half of Antarctica is the focus of this chapter. |
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Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29603/1/c29603.pdf http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=9543&edition_id=11985 Collis, Christy (2009) Walking and sitting in the Australian Antarctic Territory : mobility and imperial space. In Vannini, Phillip (Ed.) The Cultures of Alternative Mobilities : Routes Less Travelled. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Surrey, England, pp. 39-54. |
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Copyright 2009 Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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Creative Industries Faculty; Journalism, Media & Communication |
Palavras-Chave | #200100 COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES #160403 Social and Cultural Geography #Antarctica #Australian Antarctic Territory #cultural geography |
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Book Chapter |