CfP. ‘Epistemic Frontiers’? Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation in Arctic and African Exploration, Oslo, Norway, 22–24th April 2025
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the High Arctic and Africa’s ‘interior’ emerged as major poles of Western geoscientific 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 field… Read More CfP. ‘Epistemic Frontiers’? Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation in Arctic and African Exploration, Oslo, Norway, 22–24th April 2025