Abstract
engagement with and understanding of landscape. We suggest that there is a need here to
problematise movement further. Rather than taking movement and the engagement with landscape
that it offers for granted, we need to pay attention to the different forms of engagement with
landscape that different forms of movement afford. This suggests, in turn, the importance of
looking at how different forms of movement are made possible, demanded or denied. In looking
at driving in Iceland we seek to draw attention to how different ways of moving are facilitated or
hindered. We point out how the experience of driving is embedded in a larger and always
complex political history so that the moving engagement with landscape is mediated by a larger
story of the ‘nation’ and its relationship with the land.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 23-38 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Landscape Research |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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Keywords
- speed
- roads
- movement
- landscape
- Iceland
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Speeding towards the future through the past : landscape, movement and national identity. / Arnason, Arnar; Hafsteinsson, Sigurjón; Gretarsdottir, T.; Schram, Kristinn; Kjartansdottir, Katla.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Speeding towards the future through the past
T2 - landscape, movement and national identity
AU - Arnason, Arnar
AU - Hafsteinsson, Sigurjón
AU - Gretarsdottir, T.
AU - Schram, Kristinn
AU - Kjartansdottir, Katla
N1 - Thanks are due to everyone in Iceland who has given of their time to talk to us. Thanks also to various reviewers and editorial staff at Landscape Research and to Jo Vergunst for their invaluable suggestions. Catherine Munro provided much needed assistance in producing the final version of the paper. The research was made possible by financial assistance from the National Research Council of Iceland, the College of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Social Science of the University of Aberdeen. Contribution from the University’s Visiting Scholar Scheme made writing all the more manageable. We are grateful for the financial support.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Recent theorising has emphasised the importance of movement in people’sengagement with and understanding of landscape. We suggest that there is a need here toproblematise movement further. Rather than taking movement and the engagement with landscapethat it offers for granted, we need to pay attention to the different forms of engagement withlandscape that different forms of movement afford. This suggests, in turn, the importance oflooking at how different forms of movement are made possible, demanded or denied. In lookingat driving in Iceland we seek to draw attention to how different ways of moving are facilitated orhindered. We point out how the experience of driving is embedded in a larger and alwayscomplex political history so that the moving engagement with landscape is mediated by a largerstory of the ‘nation’ and its relationship with the land.
AB - Recent theorising has emphasised the importance of movement in people’sengagement with and understanding of landscape. We suggest that there is a need here toproblematise movement further. Rather than taking movement and the engagement with landscapethat it offers for granted, we need to pay attention to the different forms of engagement withlandscape that different forms of movement afford. This suggests, in turn, the importance oflooking at how different forms of movement are made possible, demanded or denied. In lookingat driving in Iceland we seek to draw attention to how different ways of moving are facilitated orhindered. We point out how the experience of driving is embedded in a larger and alwayscomplex political history so that the moving engagement with landscape is mediated by a largerstory of the ‘nation’ and its relationship with the land.
KW - speed
KW - roads
KW - movement
KW - landscape
KW - Iceland
U2 - 10.1080/01426397.2013.875987
DO - 10.1080/01426397.2013.875987
M3 - Article
VL - 40
SP - 23
EP - 38
JO - Landscape Research
JF - Landscape Research
SN - 0142-6397
IS - 1
ER -