In the Name of Wild
One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness
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Product details:
- Publisher University of British Columbia Press
- Date of Publication 15 October 2022
- ISBN 9780774890403
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 216x140 mm
- Weight 360 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 16-page full-colour insert, 20 b&w photos 404
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Long description:
Five continents. Ten countries. Twenty Natural World Heritage sites in five years. In the Name of Wild is the story of what happened when one family set out to learn what wildness means to people around the world.
What draws us to seek out wild places? Do they mean the same to everyone? As they embarked on their fieldwork the Vannini family expected pristine landscapes, but romantic ideals soon crashed into reality. Adventurers were there to conquer the wilderness. Conservationists were there to manage it. Tourism operators were there to make a dollar.
Part travelogue, part ethnography, In the Name of Wild takes us on a wide-ranging journey, searching for answers from people who call places like Tasmania, Patagonia, and Iceland home. Wildness, they explain, isn't about remoteness or an absence of people. This brilliantly conceived, beautifully told account reveals that wild is really about connections, kinship, and coexistence with the land.
MoreTable of Contents:
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Prologue
1 ""Wild"" Can Be a Challenging Word: Galápagos
2 ""Wild"" Can Be an Adjective: Tasmania
3 Wild Can Be Ephemeral: Aotearoa-New Zealand
4 Wild Can Change: South Tyrol
5 Wild Can Be Reimagined: Belize
6 Wild Can Be a Foreign Concept: Japan
7 Wild Can Be Alive: Patagonia
8 Wild Can Be Photogenic: Iceland
9 Wildlife Can Be Us: Thailand
10 Wild Can Be Someone's Home: Canada
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