Nordic Landscapes: Region and Belonging on the Northern Edge of Europe - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816639159 ISBN 13: 9780816639151

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008

Synopsis

“Norden”-the region along the northern edge of Europe bordered by Russia and the Baltic nations to the east and by North America to the west-is a particularly fruitful site for the examination of the ever-evolving meaning of landscape and region as place. Contributors to this work reveal how Norden’s regions and people have been defined by and against the dominant culture of Europe while at the same time their landscapes and cultures have shaped and inspired Europe’s ways of life. Together, the essays provide a much-needed picture of this culturally rich and geographically varied part of the world.

 

Contributors: Ingvild Austad, Sogn og Fjordane U College; Gabriel Bladh, Karlstad U; Tomas Germundsson, Lund U; Jens Christian Hansen, U of Bergen; Kirsten Hastrup, U of Copenhagen; Leif Hauge, Sogn og Fjordane U College; Maunu Häyrynen, U of Turku; Margareta Ihse, Stockholm U; Ari Aukusti Lehtinen, U of Joensuu; Anders Lundberg, U of Bergen; W. R. Mead, U College London; Ann Norderhaug, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research; Venke Åsheim Olsen; Anssi Paasi, U of Oulu; Helle Skånes, Stockholm U; Bo Wagner Sørensen, Roskilde U; Ulf Sporrong, Stockholm U; Nils Storå, Åbo Academy U; Arne Thorsteinsson.

 

Michael Jones is professor of geography at the University of Trondheim.

 

Kenneth R. Olwig is professor of landscape theory at the Department of Landscape Architecture of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at Alnarp (SLU-Alnarp).

About this title

Synopsis

Twenty-one prominent Nordic scholars of landscape, region, and place contribute 22 chapters examining how the Nordic region and people have been defined by and against the dominant culture of Europe, and ways in which the Nordic landscapes and cultures have in turn shaped and inspired Europe's ways of life. The chapters are organized geographically

About the Author

Michael Jones was born in Malvern, Worcestershire, in 1944. He was ordained as a priest in the Christian Community in 1975 and works in Edinburgh.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816639159
• ISBN 13: 9780816639151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Jones Michael, Olwig Kenneth