Canyon, Mountain, Cloud: Absence and Longing in American Parks

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-87071-102-2
Verlag: Oregon State University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Part memoir, part scholarly exploration of the psychological and societal dimensions of “place-creation,” Canyon, Mountain, Cloud details the author’s experience working and living in several American parks and protected areas: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Denali National Park and Preserve, and Adirondack State Park, with a bit of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve stirred in. Along the way, the author searches for fossils, protects rare and fragile vegetation, learns and shares local natural and cultural histories, questions perceptions of “wilderness”, deepens appreciation for wildness, and reshapes understandings of self-in-place.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olstad, Tyra A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Gebirge
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Über Autor(innen)

Tyra A. Olstad is a writer, geographer, and former park ranger, paleontology technician, cave guide, and summit steward. In addition to one book—Zen of the Plains—she has published research articles, creative nonfiction essays, photo essays, and hand-drawn maps in a variety of scholarly and creative journals. She currently teaches geography and environmental sustainability at SUNY Oneonta.