Preliminary Conference Program: ‘Epistemic Frontiers’. Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation in Arctic and African Exploration. Oslo, 22-24 April 2025. Venue: Tøyen Manor House, Botanical Garden.
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the High Arctic and Africa’s ‘interior’ emerged as major poles of Western geoscientifi c inquiry, offering untapped resources and routes to prestige and authority. Despite their diverse ecosystems and Indigenous populations, similarities can be found in how European scholars studied, documented, and discussed these regions, both in the… Read More Preliminary Conference Program: ‘Epistemic Frontiers’. Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation in Arctic and African Exploration. Oslo, 22-24 April 2025. Venue: Tøyen Manor House, Botanical Garden.