Reisen und Wissen.: Einleitung

Bies, Michael; Košenina, Alexander

doi:10.3726/92141_7

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“…Since itinerant knowledge production is intricately linked to linguistic representation, it is not surprising that the connection between travel and knowledge has entered the area of literary criticism. 14 Th e narrativization of travel may be seen to reduce the complexity of actual experiences to a communicable level and, concurrently, the "voice of the Other" might become obscured beneath genre conventions, stereotypes, and fantasies. 15 Conversely, narratives of travel often function as an occasion for the incorporation of the strange and unknown into familiar aesthetic and representational frameworks.…”

Section: Travel Writing and The Generation Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Itinerant Knowledge Production in European Travel Writing

Krobb

Müller

2016

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Travel is a special form of human mobility that is subject to diff erent historical conditions and one that, deliberately or not, always entails knowledge acquisition and knowledge transfer. Travel facilitates the encounter with peoples, ideas, and material artifacts. In the age of Enlightenment, the nexus between travel and knowledge gained a new intensity, as the movement beyond the known turned into a specifi c scientifi c project with manifestations in theoretical refl ection as well as literary practice. In the special section on Travel Writing and Knowledge Transfer contributors from the fi elds of Literary and Travel Studies investigate how human mobility gains epistemic signifi cance in the exploration of nature and foreign cultures. Th e articles focus on conditions and forms of knowledge production while traveling (itinerant knowledge). Th ey analyze how observations, experiences, and refl ections made on the move are molded and transformed in fi ction and nonfi ction, and they discuss the impact on European cultural and intellectual horizons.

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Section: Travel Writing and The Generation Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%