Natures, Contexts, and Natural History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11261479 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brita Brenna (0000-0001-7725-8032, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 355-378 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0162243912439759 |
| OpenAlex | W1964540879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
How are contexts made and narrated? This article addresses the question of how to identify relevant contexts for understanding a work of natural history, in this case The First Natural History of Norway, published in two volumes in 1752 and 1753. In addition to offering a rich and complex description of Norwegian nature, this historical work serves as an important source for investigating the ways in which nature was perceived in the kingdom of Denmark-Norway in the middle of the eighteenth century. Nature was manifold, serving as a source of aesthetic pleasure, economic gain, religious reverence, and political power. It is argued that to understand the different natures presented in this book, we need to relate them to more than one context. But how do we determine the relevant contexts? The approach explored in this article is to read the book closely in search of the specific audiences that are addressed. By focusing on the ways audiences are addressed, it is argued, we can make better historical accounts of how natures are conceived and change in relation to different contexts
Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · History of political thought · Natural (archaeology · Norwegian · Pleasure · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Relation (database · Reverence · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · History of Science and Natural History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
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Reassembling the Social
Inventing the Indigenous
After Method
Clergymen Abiding in the Fields
Context in Context
Wonders and the order of nature
The Body Multiple
A Social History of Truth
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2016 (47) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |