Diversifying the historical geography of exploration: Subaltern body work on British-led expeditions c.1850–1914

Armston‐Sheret, Edward

doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2023.02.004

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“…First of all, it draws from those literatures exploring the complicated role played by 'Indigenous intermediaries' within histories of geographical exploration. This now considerable body of work has explored the processes that played out as European travellers and explorers came into contact with Indigenous peoples in the field during their expeditions (Armston-Sheret, 2023;Driver & Jones, 2009;Kennedy, 2013;Konishi et al, 2015;Shellam et al, 2016;Wisnicki, 2019). More importantly though, these literatures have also considered the roles played by Indigenous actors within the formation of various forms of knowledge during these expeditionary activities (Bravo, 1999;Martin & Armston-Sheret, 2020;Raj, 2007;Safier, 2008;Schaffer et al, 2009).…”

Section: Colonial Co -Optations Of Indigenous Knowledgementioning

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The ‘deer‐men’ and the ‘bowhead‐men’: The colonial co‐optation of Arctic Indigenous knowledge within the ‘origins of the Inuit’ debates

Martin

2023

Trans Inst British Geog

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Drawing on recent literatures that explore the complicated role of ‘Indigenous intermediaries’ within histories of geographical exploration, and bringing these into dialogue with research exposing the colonial nature of geographical knowledge, this article studies the ways in which information extracted from an Indigenous Arctic informant named Nocum was crucial in the formation of troubling geographical understandings regarding Inuit ‘origins’ and migration. The article analyses the extractive nature of the intellectual contributions offered by the American traveller and scholar William Healey Dall, and situates them amidst their troubling imperial and racialised context. The article concludes by arguing that geographers must continue to identify and reflect critically on the role of indigenous peoples within the historical (co)production of geographical knowledge, but that they must be equally attentive to the ways this knowledge was regularly used to inform and justify various forms of imperial intervention and colonial violence.

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Section: Colonial Co -Optations Of Indigenous Knowledgementioning

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The ‘deer‐men’ and the ‘bowhead‐men’: The colonial co‐optation of Arctic Indigenous knowledge within the ‘origins of the Inuit’ debates

Martin

2023

Trans Inst British Geog

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“…Attention to the body and embodied experience provides Fleetwood with a means to recover the contributions and experiences of subaltern people. In my own research, I have found the concept of 'body work' has been particularly valuable in understanding the labour of subaltern men and women on British-led expeditions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Armston-Sheret, 2023). The concept of 'body work' has been used to draw attention to analyse new forms of work in the modern service economy (McDowell, 2009).…”

Section: Diversifying the Histories Of Geographical Labourmentioning

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Why study the history of exploration?

Armston-Sheret

2023

Dialogues in Human Geography

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To some critical geographers, the history of exploration might seem an unpromising field. Colonial-era expeditions embody many of the values that most contemporary scholars seek to move away from, including racism, heroic masculinity, and imperial expansion. This reflection on Lachlan Fleetwood's important book, Science on the Roof of the World, will address one central question: 'What does the discipline of geography gain by further analysis of nineteenth century expeditions?' This is an important questionand not a new one (Barnett, 1995). In answering it, this commentary will reflect on the productive role that the history of exploration can play within contemporary geographical research.

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José Martí and Antonio Gramsci: The World as a Radical Geography

Vegliò

2023

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This paper lays the ground for a novel discussion on the encounter between José Martí and Antonio Gramsci. It argues that Martí and Gramsci can be profitably and innovatively read together when interrogating the profound “spatial articulations” that animate their political vision. The discussion principally focuses on Martí's concept of Our America and Gramsci's Southern Question. Methodologically, the article deploys a “diachronic tactic” that mobilises a broad body of literature that emerged long after Martí's and Gramsci's lives, particularly considering contributions within Radical Geography and Postcolonial Studies.

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Diversifying the historical geography of exploration: Subaltern body work on British-led expeditions c.1850–1914

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The ‘deer‐men’ and the ‘bowhead‐men’: The colonial co‐optation of Arctic Indigenous knowledge within the ‘origins of the Inuit’ debates

The ‘deer‐men’ and the ‘bowhead‐men’: The colonial co‐optation of Arctic Indigenous knowledge within the ‘origins of the Inuit’ debates

Why study the history of exploration?

José Martí and Antonio Gramsci: The World as a Radical Geography

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