Far Field

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Human understanding of the rapidly changing environments of the North and South Poles—and the realities of climate change—has been radically transformed by a host of innovations afforded by the digital technologies. Far Field presents essays from artists and scholars who address the shift in our collective cultural understanding through a selection of the most significant artistic, scientific, technological, and philosophical interpretations of the poles over the past decade. Amply illustrated and including fascinating first person accounts of projects at the poles, this cutting-edge volume will have important implications for contemporary cultural studies and the critical study of climate change.

Chapter 1: Introduction – Jane D. Marsching and Andrea Polli

 

Chapter 2: Every New Thing: The Evolution of Artistic Technologies in the Antarctic, or How Land Arts Came to the Ice – William L. Fox

 

Chapter 3: Magnets of the Fantastic: The North Pole Observed – Jane D. Marsching

 

Chapter 4: Pages From The Book of the Unknown Explorer – Judit Hersko

 

Chapter 5: Antarctic Diaries Excerpt – Simon Faithfull

 

Chapter 6: Ground Truth [Focus: The Antarctic Dry Valleys] – Andrea Polli

 

Chapter 7: London Fieldworks: Polaria Fieldwork and Installation – Jo Joelson and Bruce Gilchrist

 

Chapter 8: Disappearing Ice and Missing Data: Climate Change in the Visual Culture of the Polar Regions – Lisa E. Bloom and Elena Glasberg

 

Chapter 9: Between Ecotopia and Ecotage: Polar Media – Peter Krapp

 

Chapter 10: Nonorganic Life: Frequency, Virtuality and the Sublime in Antarctica – Susan Ballard

 

Chapter 11: Inhabiting the Extreme or Making Antarctica Familiar – Annick Bureaud

 

Chapter 12: Voices, Lines, Cracks and Data-Sets: Formations of a New ‘Idea of the Canadian North’ – Leslie Sharpe

 

Chapter 13: Airspace [Focus: McMurdo Station, Antarctica] – Andrea Polli

 

Chapter 14: Systemness: Towards a Data Aesthetics of Climate Change – Tom Corby

Sujets

• Sciences de la nature
• Sciences de la terre
• Science de la Terre
• Digital
• Electronic
• Cultural Studies
• General
• Climate change
• General officer
• Polar region
• Global warming
• Earth science
• Calentamiento global
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Social Science
• Media Studies
• Earth Sciences

Informations

• Publié par: Intellect Books
• Date de parution: 19 septembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781841506593
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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ISBN 978-1-84150-478-0

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J A N E M A R S C H I N G & FAR N A D FIELD R E DIGITAL CULTURE, CLIMATE A CHANGE, AND THE POLES P O L L I

Far Field

Far Field Digital Culture, Climate Change, and the Poles

Edited by Jane D. Marsching and Andrea Polli

intellectBristol, UK / Chicago, USA

First published in the UK in 2012 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK

First published in the USA in 2012 by Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Copyright © 2012 Intellect Ltd

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Cover designer: Holly Rose Copyeditor: Ed Hatton Typesetting: Mac Style, Beverley, E. Yorkshire

ISBN 9781841504780

Printed and bound by Latimer Trend & Company Ltd, Plymouth.

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Jane D. Marsching and Andrea Polli

Chapter 2: Every New Thing: The Evolution of Artistic Technologies in the Antarctic – or How Land Arts Came to the Ice William L. Fox

Chapter 3: Magnets of the Fantastic: The North Pole Observed Jane D. Marsching

Chapter 4: Judit Hersko

PagesfromtheBookoftheUnknownExplorer

Chapter 5: “Antarctic Diaries” (Excerpts) Simon Faithfull

Chapter 6: Ground Truth [Focus: The Antarctic Dry Valleys] Andrea Polli

Chapter 7: London Fieldworks: Polaria Fieldwork and Installation Jo Joelson and Bruce Gilchrist

Chapter 8: Disappearing Ice and Missing Data: Climate Change in the Visual Culture of the Polar Regions Lisa E. Bloom and Elena Glasberg

Chapter 9: Peter Krapp

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Chapter 10: Nonorganic Life: Frequency, Virtuality and the Sublime in Antarctica Susan Ballard

Chapter 11: Inhabiting the Extreme or Making Antarctica Familiar Annick Bureaud

Chapter 12: Voices, Lines, Cracks and DataSets: Formations of a New “Idea of the Canadian North” Leslie Sharpe

Chapter 13: Airspace [Focus: McMurdo Station, Antarctica] Andrea Polli

Chapter 14: Systemness: Towards a Data Aesthetics of Climate Change Tom Corby

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Jane D. Marsching and Andrea Polli

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