Antarctica and the Humanities (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

The Continent For Science Is Also A Continent For The Humanities. Despite Having No Indigenous Human Poopulation, Antarctica Has Been Imagined In Powerful, Innovative, And Sometimes Disturbing Ways That Reflect Politics And Culture Much Further North. Antarctica Has Become An Important Source Of Data For Natural Scientists Working To Understand Global Climate Change. As This Book Shows, The Tools Of Literary Studies, History, Archaeology, And More, Can Likewise Produce Important Insights Into The Nature Of The Modern World And Humanity More Broadly. Antarctica: A Continent For The Humanities / Peder Roberts, Adrian Howkins, And Lize-marié Van Der Watt. Part 1 The Heroic And The Mundane : Antarctic Diaries And Heroic Reputations: Changing The Subject / Elizabeth Leane -- Beriberi At Kerguelen: A Sub-antarctic Case Study Of A Tropical Disease, 1901-1903 / Cornelia Lüdecke. Part 2 Alternative Antarctics : So Far, So Close: Approaching Experience In The Study Of The Encounter Between Sealers And The South Shetland Islands (antarctica, Nineteenth Century) / Andrés Zarankin And Melisa Salerno -- The White (supremacist) Continent: Antarctica And Fantasies Of Nazi Survival / Peder Roberts -- The Whiteness Of Antarctica: Race And South Africa's Antarctic History / Lize-marié Van Der Watt And Sandra Swart. Part 3 Whose Antarctic? : Acting Artifacts: On The Meanings Of Material Culture In Antartica / Dag Avango -- Finding Place In Antarctica / Alessandro Antonello -- Scott's Shadow: Proto Territory In Contemporary Antarctica / Elena Glasberg. Part 4 Valuing Antartcitic Science : Scar As A Healing Process? Reflections On Science And Polar Politics In The Cold War And Beyond: The Case Of Norway / Stian Bones -- Emergin From The Shadow Of Science: Challenges And Opportunities For Antarctic History / Adrian Howkins -- Some Reflections On The Emergence Of Antarctic Humanities / Aant Elzinga. Index. Peder Roberts, Lize-marié Van Der Watt, Adrian Howkins, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Foreword"--"Acknowledgments "--"Contents" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "List of Acronyms " -- "List of Figures " -- "List of Maps " -- "Chapter 1: Antarctica: A Continent for the Humanities" -- "A Different Perspective" -- "Deconstructing the Continent for Science" -- "Toward an Antarctic Humanities" -- "The Structure of the Book" -- "Notes" -- "Part I: The Heroic and the Mundane" -- "Chapter 2: Antarctic Diaries and Heroic Reputations: Changing the Subject" -- "â#x80;#x9C;Heroic Eraâ#x80;#x9D; Diaries" -- "The AAE Diaries" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "Chapter 3: Beriberi at Kerguelen: A Sub-Antarctic Case Study of a Tropical Disease, 1901â#x80;#x93;1903" -- "Introduction" -- "European Knowledge of Beriberi Around 1900" -- "Little International Polar Year in Antarctica (1901â#x80;#x93;1903)" -- "Nutrition of the First German South Polar Expedition" -- "Establishment of a German Base Station on Kerguelen" -- "Beriberi Cases at Kerguelen: An Unintentional Experiment" -- "Papers on Beriberi in the Early Twentieth Century" -- "Research of the Younger Generation" -- "New Experiments" -- "Analysis of the Kerguelen Cases" -- "Final Considerations" -- "Notes" -- "Part II: Alternative Antarctics" -- "Chapter 4: So Far, So Close. Approaching Experience in the Study of the Encounter Between Sealers and the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica, Nineteenth Century)" -- "Introduction" -- "First Section: Traditional Perspectives" -- "Brief Outline of Previous Studies" -- "Underlying Principles of the Studies" -- "The Role of Experience in the Studies" -- "Second Section: A New Proposal" -- "Underlying Principles of the Studies" -- "The Role of Experience in the Studies" -- "The First Steps" -- "Final Words" -- "Notes" -- "Chapter 5: The White (Supremacist) Continent: Antarctica and Fantasies of Nazi Survival" -- "Introduction." Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Antarctica: A Continent for the Humanities....Pages 1-23 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Antarctic Diaries and Heroic Reputations: Changing the Subject....Pages 27-51 Beriberi at Kerguelen: A Sub-Antarctic Case Study of a Tropical Disease, 1901–1903....Pages 53-76 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 So Far, So Close. Approaching Experience in the Study of the Encounter Between Sealers and the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica, Nineteenth Century)....Pages 79-103 The White (Supremacist) Continent: Antarctica and Fantasies of Nazi Survival....Pages 105-124 The Whiteness of Antarctica: Race and South Africa’s Antarctic History....Pages 125-156 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Acting Artifacts: On the Meanings of Material Culture in Antarctica....Pages 159-179 Finding Place in Antarctica....Pages 181-203 Scott’s Shadow: “Proto Territory” in Contemporary Antarctica....Pages 205-227 Front Matter....Pages 229-229 SCAR as a Healing Process? Reflections on Science and Polar Politics in the Cold War and Beyond: The Case of Norway....Pages 231-249 Emerging from the Shadow of Science: Challenges and Opportunities for Antarctic History....Pages 251-272 Some Reflections on the Emergence of Antarctic Humanities....Pages 273-301 Back Matter....Pages 303-312