Cool Nature

Q4 Arts and Humanities

Sjuttonhundratal Pub Date : 2022-12-29 DOI:10.7557/4.6575

Anna Albrektson, Mikael Ahlund, Sara Ekström, Johanna Ethnersson Pontara, Elisabeth Mansén, Vera Sundin, Meike Wagner, Erik Wallrup

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In this essay, an interdisciplinary group of researchers sets out to address the period 1780–1840 in Sweden in a new way, by placing nature at its centre. With the help of ecocritical and transcultural theory, combined with renewed attention to the Swedish fine arts, learned discourses, and practices, we suggest a new approach to these revolutionary decades. The perceived dissonance, the interplay between climatic conditions and cultural template in early modern and modern Sweden, has not been fully addressed in current research, despite the fact that the relationship between humankind and the environment is a central issue in contemporary society and scholarship. Representations of nature situate the nation, they negotiate the relationship between a sensed reality and an ideal, between human and more-than-human beings. We suggest a focus on the unpredictable space created by negotiations of nature in Swedish representations during this crucial period, and, furthermore, on the ways in which this creative space is charged with utopian possibilities in the early Anthropocene. This is the background and the driving force of the planned research project ‘Cool Nature: Utopian Landscapes in Sweden 1780–1840’.

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在这篇文章中，一个跨学科的研究小组通过将自然置于其中心，着手以一种新的方式解决瑞典1780-1840年期间的问题。在生态批评和跨文化理论的帮助下，结合对瑞典美术、学术话语和实践的重新关注，我们提出了一种新的方法来应对这革命性的几十年。尽管人类与环境之间的关系是当代社会和学术研究的核心问题，但目前的研究尚未充分解决早期现代和现代瑞典气候条件与文化模板之间的相互作用所感知到的不和谐。对自然的再现将国家置于其中，它们讨论了感知现实与理想、人类与超然人类之间的关系。我们建议关注在这一关键时期瑞典代表的自然谈判所创造的不可预测的空间，此外，在人类世早期，这种创造性空间被赋予乌托邦可能性的方式。这就是计划中的研究项目“凉爽的自然:瑞典1780-1840年的乌托邦景观”的背景和驱动力。

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Sjuttonhundratal Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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32 weeks

期刊介绍： 1700-tal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies is an international, multidisciplinary, peer reviewed, open access scholarly journal published by the Swedish Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in cooperation with the Finnish Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (since 2009), the Norwegian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (since 2010), the Danish Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (since 2013), and the Icelandic Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (since 2013). 1700-tal welcomes contributions on all aspects of the long eighteenth century written in Scandinavian languages or in English, French or German. Detailed guidelines for authors can be found on the website of the Swedish Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. In the case of contributions in English and French, the authorial guidelines of Voltaire Foundations are used as the model. For further information on technicalities kindly consult the webpage of the printed yearbook or contact one of the editors.