Karl Benediktsson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 208175 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Karl Benediktsson |
| NOMBRES | Karl |
| APELLIDO | Benediktsson |
| FIRMA | BENEDIKTSSON K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5383-9254 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 140 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Geospatial technologies in hazard research and response – a case study of Paper2GIS in an international field course
Geospatial technologies have revolutionised the field of hazard research as well as geography field-courses, providing powerful tools to analyse and visualise geospatial data for decision-making purposes. This paper presents a case study of Paper2GIS, an application for field data collection tested during an international field course in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. The field course was designed to expose students to the practical application of …
Nytsömust íslenzkra anda“. Æðarfuglinn, friðun hans og aðdragandi fyrstu fuglafriðunarlaganna
Allt frá fyrstu öldum byggðar hér á landi hefur æðarfugl verið til mikilla nytja. Egg fuglsins hafa verið tekin alla tíð og veiðar á fuglinum voru stundaðar lengi framan af. Það var ekki fyrr en árið 1847 sem æðarfugl var friðaður fyrir allri veiði, fyrst allra fuglategunda. Friðun æðarfugls byggir reyndar á öðrum nytjum, nefnilega dúntekju, en frá 17. öld, eftir að Íslendingar lærðu að hreinsa dún, hefur æðardúnn verið verðmæt útflutningsvara. Í…
Emotional mapping and its participatory potential
Conversations With Landscape
Contents: Preface Introduction: starting a conversation with landscape, KatrA-n Anna Lund and Karl Benediktsson Conversations with ourselves in metaphysical experiences of nature, Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir The limits of our 'conversations with nature', Gabriel Malenfant Landscape as conversation, Edda R.H. Waage Time for fluent landscapes, Oscar Aldred Grief paves the way, Arnar Aurnason Slipping into landscape, KatrA-n Anna Lund and Margaret Will…
Floral hazards
Once established in new spaces, exotic plants not only impact the “native” biota, but also affect environmental politics in often complex ways. This article looks into one instance of such politics: that of the Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis), a leguminous plant of North American origin. Imported to Iceland in 1945 to stem soil degradation and recover vegetation, it soon became firmly established in Icelandic landscapes. Its spreading was act…
Time Zone Politics and Challenges of Globalisation
Time zones are an under researched topic in geography. In this paper, their political construction is examined, and the conflicts that can arise between biological temporalities on one hand and the interests of international business and state politics on the other are discussed. A detailed map of major deviations from theoretical time zones in C hina and E urope is presented. The geographically complex and uneven adoption of daylight saving time…
Pangaea's return
Invasive life has received much attention in recent years, being a prime example of the complex socio‐natural entanglements characterizing the present condition of the world. In this article we argue for an ontology of invasive life, consisting of three aspects. First, invasive life does indeed exist; second, it is deeply entangled with political action; and third, it has the capacity to produce new assemblages of socio‐natural phenomena. A recog…
Nature in the ‘neoliberal laboratory’
Prompted by observations by Weller and O’Neill (2014) of the particularities of neoliberalism in resource-based economies such as Australia’s, this commentary looks into the partial and uneven introduction of neoliberal ideas and practices to natural resource management in Iceland. Some resource-based sectors have been profoundly impacted by neoliberalism, whereas others have been marked by an uneasy blend of developmental and neoliberal governan…
Landscape Biographies
This chapter introduces landscape biography to the reader.The first part explains the rationale for the approach taken.From an academic point of view, landscape biography is a reaction to the increasing reductionism in landscape research, as well as to the growing divide between objectivist and constructivist approaches to landscape.From a societal perspective, landscape biography aims at a better integration of historical landscape research with…
Inspiring the visitor? Landscapes and horizons of hospitality
This article will discuss the ways in which landscapes have been conceptualised in current literature building on notions of escape to and well-being with nature, and how the tourist has been placed in that context. Drawing among other things on Gadamer’s understanding of the concept of the horizon, as well as Deleuzian understandings of relationality, we argue that landscape is simultaneously an effect of gathering deep-seated emotions and exper…
Iceland
In this commentary, the crisis that hit Iceland in late 2008 and involved the collapse of the country’s entire banking system is discussed briefly and its impact on regional employment levels is outlined. Currently, unemployment is highest in south-west Iceland, including Reykjavík. Fisheries-dependent communities have performed better, but fisheries management is yet again a major issue in the political arena. We trace the origins of the Individ…
Inhabiting a risky earth
The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland in 2010 caused havoc to global air traffic. This article examines that event by looking at theories of risk and culture. We demonstrate the fragility of today's mobilities, which depend on unpredictable nature as well as complex technological systems. A new type of risk was revealed by the eruption, which has since become a feature of cultural risk portfolios in contemporary society
Inspired by Eruptions? Eyjafjallajökull and Icelandic Tourism
The paper deals with the complex meaning of risk for tourism mobilities. The impact of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption on tourism in Iceland is outlined, as well as the response of Icelandic tourist authorities. A survey in June and July 2010 among international tourists in the country revealed that for many the eruption had added considerable depth to their travel experiences. The sense of risk affects the relation between mobile travellers and th…
Entering the regime of automobility
Skaftafell in Iceland—A Thousand Years of Change
The good, the bad and the scenic
The good, the bad and the scenic." Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 90(1), pp. 83–84
Scenophobia”, Geography and the Aesthetic Politics of Landscape
Recent critiques of the nature–culture dualism, influenced by diverse theoretical stances, have effectively destabilized the “naturalness” of nature and highlighted its pervasive and intricate sociality. Yet the practical, ethical and political effects of this theoretical turn are open to question. In particular, the emphasis on the sociality of nature has not led to reinvigorated environmental or landscape politics. Meanwhile, the need for such …
Practising Highland Heterotopias
The paper describes the history and current enactments of automobility in the highland interior of Iceland and interprets this phenomenon through the notion of spatial history. We elucidate how the currently widespread practices of automotive travel in the highlands are mediated through the technological assemblage of the ‘jeep’ and its user. We argue that the travelling is done in a double sense; through an ‘inner’ space of the vehicle and an ‘o…
Coping With Social Capital? The Cultural Economy of Tourism in The North
This article engages critically with recent social theorising about local development, with illustrative examples from Icelandic peripheral settings. People in resource-based localities have attempted to cope with the transformations of late modernity in various ways. Such coping strategies consist of reflexive social practices which simultaneously produce and make use of social capital. A view of social capital as embedded in practice is advance…
Harvesting Development
Food markets in the eastern highlands, papua new guinea
Discussions of rural development in the highlands of Papua New Guinea have often centred on coffee, and been couched either in narrowly economic terms or in class analysis terms. Fresh food marketing has received less attention, although it is an important activity for many highland people. An approach which takes into account the subjectivity of actors, and the contests of power which permeate markets, is explored in this paper. The history and …
Food Markets in the Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Scenophobia”, Geography and the Aesthetic Politics of Landscape
Recent critiques of the nature–culture dualism, influenced by diverse theoretical stances, have effectively destabilized the “naturalness” of nature and highlighted its pervasive and intricate sociality. Yet the practical, ethical and political effects of this theoretical turn are open to question. In particular, the emphasis on the sociality of nature has not led to reinvigorated environmental or landscape politics. Meanwhile, the need for such …
Coping With Social Capital? The Cultural Economy of Tourism in The North
This article engages critically with recent social theorising about local development, with illustrative examples from Icelandic peripheral settings. People in resource-based localities have attempted to cope with the transformations of late modernity in various ways. Such coping strategies consist of reflexive social practices which simultaneously produce and make use of social capital. A view of social capital as embedded in practice is advance…
Practising Highland Heterotopias
The paper describes the history and current enactments of automobility in the highland interior of Iceland and interprets this phenomenon through the notion of spatial history. We elucidate how the currently widespread practices of automotive travel in the highlands are mediated through the technological assemblage of the ‘jeep’ and its user. We argue that the travelling is done in a double sense; through an ‘inner’ space of the vehicle and an ‘o…
Iceland
In this commentary, the crisis that hit Iceland in late 2008 and involved the collapse of the country’s entire banking system is discussed briefly and its impact on regional employment levels is outlined. Currently, unemployment is highest in south-west Iceland, including Reykjavík. Fisheries-dependent communities have performed better, but fisheries management is yet again a major issue in the political arena. We trace the origins of the Individ…
Emotional mapping and its participatory potential
Conversations With Landscape
Contents: Preface Introduction: starting a conversation with landscape, KatrA-n Anna Lund and Karl Benediktsson Conversations with ourselves in metaphysical experiences of nature, Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir The limits of our 'conversations with nature', Gabriel Malenfant Landscape as conversation, Edda R.H. Waage Time for fluent landscapes, Oscar Aldred Grief paves the way, Arnar Aurnason Slipping into landscape, KatrA-n Anna Lund and Margaret Will…
Inspiring the visitor? Landscapes and horizons of hospitality
This article will discuss the ways in which landscapes have been conceptualised in current literature building on notions of escape to and well-being with nature, and how the tourist has been placed in that context. Drawing among other things on Gadamer’s understanding of the concept of the horizon, as well as Deleuzian understandings of relationality, we argue that landscape is simultaneously an effect of gathering deep-seated emotions and exper…
Pangaea's return
Invasive life has received much attention in recent years, being a prime example of the complex socio‐natural entanglements characterizing the present condition of the world. In this article we argue for an ontology of invasive life, consisting of three aspects. First, invasive life does indeed exist; second, it is deeply entangled with political action; and third, it has the capacity to produce new assemblages of socio‐natural phenomena. A recog…
Entering the regime of automobility
Inspired by Eruptions? Eyjafjallajökull and Icelandic Tourism
The paper deals with the complex meaning of risk for tourism mobilities. The impact of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption on tourism in Iceland is outlined, as well as the response of Icelandic tourist authorities. A survey in June and July 2010 among international tourists in the country revealed that for many the eruption had added considerable depth to their travel experiences. The sense of risk affects the relation between mobile travellers and th…
Floral hazards
Once established in new spaces, exotic plants not only impact the “native” biota, but also affect environmental politics in often complex ways. This article looks into one instance of such politics: that of the Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis), a leguminous plant of North American origin. Imported to Iceland in 1945 to stem soil degradation and recover vegetation, it soon became firmly established in Icelandic landscapes. Its spreading was act…
Landscape Biographies
This chapter introduces landscape biography to the reader.The first part explains the rationale for the approach taken.From an academic point of view, landscape biography is a reaction to the increasing reductionism in landscape research, as well as to the growing divide between objectivist and constructivist approaches to landscape.From a societal perspective, landscape biography aims at a better integration of historical landscape research with…
Inhabiting a risky earth
The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland in 2010 caused havoc to global air traffic. This article examines that event by looking at theories of risk and culture. We demonstrate the fragility of today's mobilities, which depend on unpredictable nature as well as complex technological systems. A new type of risk was revealed by the eruption, which has since become a feature of cultural risk portfolios in contemporary society
The good, the bad and the scenic
The good, the bad and the scenic." Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 90(1), pp. 83–84
Time Zone Politics and Challenges of Globalisation
Time zones are an under researched topic in geography. In this paper, their political construction is examined, and the conflicts that can arise between biological temporalities on one hand and the interests of international business and state politics on the other are discussed. A detailed map of major deviations from theoretical time zones in C hina and E urope is presented. The geographically complex and uneven adoption of daylight saving time…
Nature in the ‘neoliberal laboratory’
Prompted by observations by Weller and O’Neill (2014) of the particularities of neoliberalism in resource-based economies such as Australia’s, this commentary looks into the partial and uneven introduction of neoliberal ideas and practices to natural resource management in Iceland. Some resource-based sectors have been profoundly impacted by neoliberalism, whereas others have been marked by an uneasy blend of developmental and neoliberal governan…
Food markets in the eastern highlands, papua new guinea
Discussions of rural development in the highlands of Papua New Guinea have often centred on coffee, and been couched either in narrowly economic terms or in class analysis terms. Fresh food marketing has received less attention, although it is an important activity for many highland people. An approach which takes into account the subjectivity of actors, and the contests of power which permeate markets, is explored in this paper. The history and …
Food Markets in the Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Food markets in the eastern highlands, papua new guinea
Discussions of rural development in the highlands of Papua New Guinea have often centred on coffee, and been couched either in narrowly economic terms or in class analysis terms. Fresh food marketing has received less attention, although it is an important activity for many highland people. An approach which takes into account the subjectivity of actors, and the contests of power which permeate markets, is explored in this paper. The history and …
Food Markets in the Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Harvesting Development
Coping With Social Capital? The Cultural Economy of Tourism in The North
This article engages critically with recent social theorising about local development, with illustrative examples from Icelandic peripheral settings. People in resource-based localities have attempted to cope with the transformations of late modernity in various ways. Such coping strategies consist of reflexive social practices which simultaneously produce and make use of social capital. A view of social capital as embedded in practice is advance…
Scenophobia”, Geography and the Aesthetic Politics of Landscape
Recent critiques of the nature–culture dualism, influenced by diverse theoretical stances, have effectively destabilized the “naturalness” of nature and highlighted its pervasive and intricate sociality. Yet the practical, ethical and political effects of this theoretical turn are open to question. In particular, the emphasis on the sociality of nature has not led to reinvigorated environmental or landscape politics. Meanwhile, the need for such …
Practising Highland Heterotopias
The paper describes the history and current enactments of automobility in the highland interior of Iceland and interprets this phenomenon through the notion of spatial history. We elucidate how the currently widespread practices of automotive travel in the highlands are mediated through the technological assemblage of the ‘jeep’ and its user. We argue that the travelling is done in a double sense; through an ‘inner’ space of the vehicle and an ‘o…
Skaftafell in Iceland—A Thousand Years of Change
The good, the bad and the scenic
The good, the bad and the scenic." Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 90(1), pp. 83–84
Entering the regime of automobility
Iceland
In this commentary, the crisis that hit Iceland in late 2008 and involved the collapse of the country’s entire banking system is discussed briefly and its impact on regional employment levels is outlined. Currently, unemployment is highest in south-west Iceland, including Reykjavík. Fisheries-dependent communities have performed better, but fisheries management is yet again a major issue in the political arena. We trace the origins of the Individ…
Inhabiting a risky earth
The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland in 2010 caused havoc to global air traffic. This article examines that event by looking at theories of risk and culture. We demonstrate the fragility of today's mobilities, which depend on unpredictable nature as well as complex technological systems. A new type of risk was revealed by the eruption, which has since become a feature of cultural risk portfolios in contemporary society
Inspired by Eruptions? Eyjafjallajökull and Icelandic Tourism
The paper deals with the complex meaning of risk for tourism mobilities. The impact of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption on tourism in Iceland is outlined, as well as the response of Icelandic tourist authorities. A survey in June and July 2010 among international tourists in the country revealed that for many the eruption had added considerable depth to their travel experiences. The sense of risk affects the relation between mobile travellers and th…
Inspiring the visitor? Landscapes and horizons of hospitality
This article will discuss the ways in which landscapes have been conceptualised in current literature building on notions of escape to and well-being with nature, and how the tourist has been placed in that context. Drawing among other things on Gadamer’s understanding of the concept of the horizon, as well as Deleuzian understandings of relationality, we argue that landscape is simultaneously an effect of gathering deep-seated emotions and exper…
Nature in the ‘neoliberal laboratory’
Prompted by observations by Weller and O’Neill (2014) of the particularities of neoliberalism in resource-based economies such as Australia’s, this commentary looks into the partial and uneven introduction of neoliberal ideas and practices to natural resource management in Iceland. Some resource-based sectors have been profoundly impacted by neoliberalism, whereas others have been marked by an uneasy blend of developmental and neoliberal governan…
Landscape Biographies
This chapter introduces landscape biography to the reader.The first part explains the rationale for the approach taken.From an academic point of view, landscape biography is a reaction to the increasing reductionism in landscape research, as well as to the growing divide between objectivist and constructivist approaches to landscape.From a societal perspective, landscape biography aims at a better integration of historical landscape research with…
Floral hazards
Once established in new spaces, exotic plants not only impact the “native” biota, but also affect environmental politics in often complex ways. This article looks into one instance of such politics: that of the Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis), a leguminous plant of North American origin. Imported to Iceland in 1945 to stem soil degradation and recover vegetation, it soon became firmly established in Icelandic landscapes. Its spreading was act…
Time Zone Politics and Challenges of Globalisation
Time zones are an under researched topic in geography. In this paper, their political construction is examined, and the conflicts that can arise between biological temporalities on one hand and the interests of international business and state politics on the other are discussed. A detailed map of major deviations from theoretical time zones in C hina and E urope is presented. The geographically complex and uneven adoption of daylight saving time…
Pangaea's return
Invasive life has received much attention in recent years, being a prime example of the complex socio‐natural entanglements characterizing the present condition of the world. In this article we argue for an ontology of invasive life, consisting of three aspects. First, invasive life does indeed exist; second, it is deeply entangled with political action; and third, it has the capacity to produce new assemblages of socio‐natural phenomena. A recog…
Conversations With Landscape
Contents: Preface Introduction: starting a conversation with landscape, KatrA-n Anna Lund and Karl Benediktsson Conversations with ourselves in metaphysical experiences of nature, Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir The limits of our 'conversations with nature', Gabriel Malenfant Landscape as conversation, Edda R.H. Waage Time for fluent landscapes, Oscar Aldred Grief paves the way, Arnar Aurnason Slipping into landscape, KatrA-n Anna Lund and Margaret Will…
Emotional mapping and its participatory potential
Nytsömust íslenzkra anda“. Æðarfuglinn, friðun hans og aðdragandi fyrstu fuglafriðunarlaganna
Allt frá fyrstu öldum byggðar hér á landi hefur æðarfugl verið til mikilla nytja. Egg fuglsins hafa verið tekin alla tíð og veiðar á fuglinum voru stundaðar lengi framan af. Það var ekki fyrr en árið 1847 sem æðarfugl var friðaður fyrir allri veiði, fyrst allra fuglategunda. Friðun æðarfugls byggir reyndar á öðrum nytjum, nefnilega dúntekju, en frá 17. öld, eftir að Íslendingar lærðu að hreinsa dún, hefur æðardúnn verið verðmæt útflutningsvara. Í…
Geospatial technologies in hazard research and response – a case study of Paper2GIS in an international field course
Geospatial technologies have revolutionised the field of hazard research as well as geography field-courses, providing powerful tools to analyse and visualise geospatial data for decision-making purposes. This paper presents a case study of Paper2GIS, an application for field data collection tested during an international field course in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. The field course was designed to expose students to the practical application of …
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