尤根:阿拉斯加七次旅行。马里奥·达瓦洛斯

IF 1.7 4区 环境科学与生态学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
M. J. Polo
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By contrast, those interested in learning about the scientific discovery of Alaska’s geography and nature would do well to read Alaska and Its Resources by William Dall (1870), the first such detailed publication, followed by many others. As its title promises, the book is divided into 7 chapters, each devoted to a location along or near the coastal areas of Alaska: Kaktovik, Katmai, Krusenstern, Delong, Kelly, Teshekpuk, and finally somewhere in the southeast. None of them are easily found at first glance on a general map, as they are not among the populated towns in this state of the northernmost region of the United States. The stories are based on the author’s diaries written during several trips to photograph different places with specific objectives related to wild nature. However, they are not meant to be a literal account of his experiences, but rather something halfway between reality and memories. An initial chapter titled ‘‘La mirada al norte’’ (The Look to the North) introduces the author’s dual character to the reader. The narration begins with a sensitive description of D avalos’s homeland, full of colors, rich vegetation, smells, and contrasts, which is not what one would expect from a book on trips to Alaska. This shared passion for the northern region of Alaska and warm yearning for his home roots is indirectly present through all the stories told in each chapter. This brings to the reader’s mind remembrances of a similar dual feeling described by Ariel Dorfman (1998) in his autobiography Rumbo al sur, deseando el norte (To the South, Craving for the North), also placed along the American continent, though in a different context. Curiously enough, both books have another common feature. D avalos, who had lived in New Jersey for years, wrote these travel diaries in English, not his mother tongue, and later translated his writing into Spanish when gathering all of them for the purpose of this book, as Dorfman did with his book. Writing a review of Yūgen: siete viajes por Alaska poses the risk of spoiling the book’s reading by revealing its ultimate spirit, so outstanding is its capability of surprising the reader. Nevertheless, some hints can be addressed without perverting its authenticity. The first trip story, ‘‘Kaktovik,’’ abruptly puts the reader in front of the hardness of wild nature and breaks the commonly found romantic vision of cold regions as quiet and peaceful areas of the world. The fight for life is efficiently brought to light and introduces the behavior of bears, and human vulnerability to wild animals, indirectly. This is very likely the only chapter in the book that is presented in chronological order, related to a family trip by the author to this land. Tracking bears is a leitmotif in the book, with ‘‘Katmai,’’ ‘‘Kelly,’’ and ‘‘Southeast’’ going back to them in different ways. Other fauna living in the tundra are also distinguished stars in the other chapters, but they are all more of an excuse than an objective of the author’s. D avalos is a born storyteller who fascinates the reader with his insight and his internal struggle about what his life is and what it should be. During his camping periods, patiently observing and pursuing unique snapshots to bring back home, he subtly praises human solitude and freedom, along with the adrenaline rush in extreme conditions. Across the chapters (the trips), different characters are also introduced, professional relationships that turn into familiar faces every time Mario goes unavoidably back to Alaska’s places. 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By contrast, those interested in learning about the scientific discovery of Alaska’s geography and nature would do well to read Alaska and Its Resources by William Dall (1870), the first such detailed publication, followed by many others. As its title promises, the book is divided into 7 chapters, each devoted to a location along or near the coastal areas of Alaska: Kaktovik, Katmai, Krusenstern, Delong, Kelly, Teshekpuk, and finally somewhere in the southeast. None of them are easily found at first glance on a general map, as they are not among the populated towns in this state of the northernmost region of the United States. The stories are based on the author’s diaries written during several trips to photograph different places with specific objectives related to wild nature. However, they are not meant to be a literal account of his experiences, but rather something halfway between reality and memories. 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D avalos, who had lived in New Jersey for years, wrote these travel diaries in English, not his mother tongue, and later translated his writing into Spanish when gathering all of them for the purpose of this book, as Dorfman did with his book. Writing a review of Yūgen: siete viajes por Alaska poses the risk of spoiling the book’s reading by revealing its ultimate spirit, so outstanding is its capability of surprising the reader. Nevertheless, some hints can be addressed without perverting its authenticity. The first trip story, ‘‘Kaktovik,’’ abruptly puts the reader in front of the hardness of wild nature and breaks the commonly found romantic vision of cold regions as quiet and peaceful areas of the world. The fight for life is efficiently brought to light and introduces the behavior of bears, and human vulnerability to wild animals, indirectly. 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摘要

马里奥·D·阿瓦洛斯是来自多米尼加共和国的一位多才多艺的艺术家。作为一名专业摄影师,他将自己在阿拉斯加工作旅行中的个人经历和想法融入到照片和其他人的反思中,并在这本书Yūgen: siete viajes poror Alaska (Yūgen: Seven Trips Around Alaska)中。它既不是教科书,也不是照片目录,而是一件非线性但自然的艺术品,通过文字和图像传递的感觉和情感的混合体。D avalos在阿拉斯加、南美洲和非洲等地积极地发现了野生自然和偏远的社会(D avalos n.d.),但自从他第一次在家庭旅行中访问阿拉斯加以来,他就迷恋上了阿拉斯加。这是这本书的终极灵魂:他对世界北部偏远地区和生活的宁静、野性和自然纯净的热情。正如作者在他的作品开头所说,我们学会从地理中解读世界;然而,读者不应该期望一本标准的地理书,也不应该期望书中对阿拉斯加各地的详细描述。整合的文字-照片序列没有特定的空间路线或时间顺序。甚至连一张地图都没有包括在内,这些令人惊叹的黑白照片也没有任何说明文字或识别数字。我们无法猜测这是作者故意的还是自发的尝试,但其结果令人印象深刻,因为它是一种关注和传递旅行者的真实和孤独的祖先感觉的方式,这种感觉将他自己融入其中,并面对书中所描绘的阿拉斯加偏远地区的自然风险。相比之下,那些对阿拉斯加地理和自然的科学发现感兴趣的人最好阅读威廉·达尔(William Dall)的《阿拉斯加及其资源》(Alaska and Its Resources, 1870),这是第一本如此详细的出版物,随后还有许多其他出版物。正如书名所示,这本书分为7章,每一章都专门讲述阿拉斯加沿海地区或附近的一个地方:卡克托维克、卡特迈、克鲁森斯特恩、德隆、凯利、特谢克普克,最后是东南部的某个地方。它们都不容易在普通地图上一眼就能找到,因为它们不在美国最北部地区这个州人口稠密的城镇之列。这些故事是基于作者在几次旅行中写的日记,这些旅行是为了拍摄与野生自然有关的特定目标而拍摄的。然而,它们并不是对他经历的逐字记录,而是介于现实和记忆之间的东西。第一章“北望”(La mirada al norte)向读者介绍作者的双重性格。叙述以对D avalos家乡的敏感描述开始,充满了色彩、丰富的植被、气味和对比,这是一本关于阿拉斯加旅行的书所没有的。这种对阿拉斯加北部地区的共同热情和对家乡的温暖向往间接地体现在每一章所讲述的所有故事中。这让读者想起了阿里尔·多尔夫曼(Ariel Dorfman, 1998)在自传《向南,渴望向北》(Rumbo al sur, deseando el norte)中描述的一种类似的双重感觉,尽管背景不同,但也发生在美洲大陆。奇怪的是,这两本书还有一个共同的特点。D avalos在新泽西住了很多年,他用英语(而不是他的母语)写了这些旅行日记,后来为了写这本书,他收集了所有这些日记,并把这些日记翻译成了西班牙语,就像多尔夫曼写他的书一样。写一篇关于Yūgen: siete viajes可怜的阿拉斯加的评论,可能会因为揭示了这本书的终极精神而破坏了它的阅读效果,因为它的能力是如此出色,以至于让读者感到惊讶。然而,有些暗示可以在不歪曲其真实性的情况下处理。第一个旅行故事《卡克托维克》(Kaktovik)突然将读者带到残酷的大自然面前,打破了人们通常认为寒冷地区是世界上宁静祥和的地方的浪漫印象。这场生命之战被有效地曝光,并间接地介绍了熊的行为,以及人类在野生动物面前的脆弱性。这很可能是书中唯一一个按时间顺序呈现的章节,与作者到这片土地的家庭旅行有关。追踪熊是这本书的主题,“卡特迈”、“凯利”和“东南”以不同的方式追溯到它们。生活在冻土带上的其他动物在其他章节中也是杰出的明星,但它们更多的是一个借口,而不是作者的目标。D avalos是一个天生的讲故事的人,他对自己的生活是什么以及应该是什么,他的洞察力和内心的挣扎让读者着迷。在露营期间,他耐心地观察和拍摄独特的照片带回家,巧妙地赞美人类的孤独和自由,以及在极端条件下肾上腺素的飙升。 在各个章节(旅行)中,还引入了不同的角色,每次马里奥不可避免地回到阿拉斯加的地方时,职业关系都会变成熟悉的面孔。所有这些都在他与这片土地的联系和他的情感中发挥了作用,这些情感是由共同的艰苦生活条件、对气候条件的绝对依赖以及对这片世界的热爱所创造的。在这一点上,作者的语言风格值得关注。D avalos展示了他描述这些地方和情况的能力,没有详细的叙述或长对话,而是使用第一人称的短句(除了1章,待发现和山地研究与发展(MRD)由国际山地学会(IMS)出版的国际同行评审开放获取期刊www.mrd-journal.org MountainMedia)
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Yūgen: siete viajes por Alaska. By Mario Dávalos
Mario D avalos is a multifaceted artist from the Dominican Republic. As a professional photographer, he pours his personal experiences and thoughts during his work travels to Alaska into photographs and others’ reflections within the book Yūgen: siete viajes por Alaska (Yūgen: Seven Trips Around Alaska). It is neither a textbook nor a photograph catalog, but a mixture of sensations and emotions transmitted by both words and images in a nonlinear but natural piece of art. D avalos has actively spotted wild nature and remote societies in Alaska, South America, and Africa, among other places (D avalos n.d.), but he has had a crush on Alaska since his first visit on a family trip. This is the ultimate soul of this book: his passion for the silence, wildness, and natural purity of the remote places and life in this northern region of the world. As the author states at the beginning of his work, we learn to read the world from geography; however, the reader should not expect a standard geography nor detailed description of the Alaskan places that make up this book. The integrated text-photograph sequence has no specific spatial routing or chronology. Not even a single map is included, nor have the breathtaking black and white photographs any illustrating captions or identifying numbers. One cannot guess if this is a deliberate or spontaneous attempt by the author, but the result is impressive as a means to focus on and transmit the somehow ancestral feelings of authenticity and solitude of the traveler that mixes himor herself within and faces the natural risks of the isolated places in Alaska pictured in the book. By contrast, those interested in learning about the scientific discovery of Alaska’s geography and nature would do well to read Alaska and Its Resources by William Dall (1870), the first such detailed publication, followed by many others. As its title promises, the book is divided into 7 chapters, each devoted to a location along or near the coastal areas of Alaska: Kaktovik, Katmai, Krusenstern, Delong, Kelly, Teshekpuk, and finally somewhere in the southeast. None of them are easily found at first glance on a general map, as they are not among the populated towns in this state of the northernmost region of the United States. The stories are based on the author’s diaries written during several trips to photograph different places with specific objectives related to wild nature. However, they are not meant to be a literal account of his experiences, but rather something halfway between reality and memories. An initial chapter titled ‘‘La mirada al norte’’ (The Look to the North) introduces the author’s dual character to the reader. The narration begins with a sensitive description of D avalos’s homeland, full of colors, rich vegetation, smells, and contrasts, which is not what one would expect from a book on trips to Alaska. This shared passion for the northern region of Alaska and warm yearning for his home roots is indirectly present through all the stories told in each chapter. This brings to the reader’s mind remembrances of a similar dual feeling described by Ariel Dorfman (1998) in his autobiography Rumbo al sur, deseando el norte (To the South, Craving for the North), also placed along the American continent, though in a different context. Curiously enough, both books have another common feature. D avalos, who had lived in New Jersey for years, wrote these travel diaries in English, not his mother tongue, and later translated his writing into Spanish when gathering all of them for the purpose of this book, as Dorfman did with his book. Writing a review of Yūgen: siete viajes por Alaska poses the risk of spoiling the book’s reading by revealing its ultimate spirit, so outstanding is its capability of surprising the reader. Nevertheless, some hints can be addressed without perverting its authenticity. The first trip story, ‘‘Kaktovik,’’ abruptly puts the reader in front of the hardness of wild nature and breaks the commonly found romantic vision of cold regions as quiet and peaceful areas of the world. The fight for life is efficiently brought to light and introduces the behavior of bears, and human vulnerability to wild animals, indirectly. This is very likely the only chapter in the book that is presented in chronological order, related to a family trip by the author to this land. Tracking bears is a leitmotif in the book, with ‘‘Katmai,’’ ‘‘Kelly,’’ and ‘‘Southeast’’ going back to them in different ways. Other fauna living in the tundra are also distinguished stars in the other chapters, but they are all more of an excuse than an objective of the author’s. D avalos is a born storyteller who fascinates the reader with his insight and his internal struggle about what his life is and what it should be. During his camping periods, patiently observing and pursuing unique snapshots to bring back home, he subtly praises human solitude and freedom, along with the adrenaline rush in extreme conditions. Across the chapters (the trips), different characters are also introduced, professional relationships that turn into familiar faces every time Mario goes unavoidably back to Alaska’s places. All of them have a role in his links to the land and his emotions, created by the shared hard conditions of life, absolute dependence on climatic conditions for decision making, and love for this part of the world. At this point, the author’s style of language deserves attention. D avalos exhibits his capacity to describe the atmosphere of these places and situations without detailed narratives or long dialogues, but rather using short sentences in the first person (with the exception of 1 chapter, to be discovered and Mountain Research and Development (MRD) An international, peer-reviewed open access journal published by the International Mountain Society (IMS) www.mrd-journal.org MountainMedia
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Mountain Research and Development
Mountain Research and Development 地学-环境科学
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3.10
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18.80%
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36
审稿时长
4.5 months
期刊介绍: MRD features three peer-reviewed sections: MountainDevelopment, which contains “Transformation Knowledge,” MountainResearch, which contains “Systems Knowledge,” and MountainAgenda, which contains “Target Knowledge.” In addition, the MountainPlatform section offers International Mountain Society members an opportunity to convey information about their mountain initiatives and priorities; and the MountainMedia section presents reviews of recent publications on mountains and mountain development. Key research and development fields: -Society and culture- Policy, politics, and institutions- Economy- Bio- and geophysical environment- Ecosystems and cycles- Environmental risks- Resource and land use- Energy, infrastructure, and services- Methods and theories- Regions
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