Blar i forfatter "Gaupseth, Silje"

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    • Foreword 

      Gaupseth, Silje; Federhofer, Marie-Theres; Aspaas, Per Pippin (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2013)
      “Travels in the North” is the title of a symposium that was hosted by the Centre franco-norvégien en sciences sociales et humaines, in Paris, 5–6 October 2011. The Centre is owned by the Norwegian Universities of Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Tromsø, and constitutes a part of the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris. The symposium took place in conjunction with the annual meeting of the ...

    • A hero in the friendly Arctic : deconstructing Vilhjalmur Stefansson's rhetorical maneuver 

      Gaupseth, Silje (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The article deals with Arctic explorer and anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson's self-presentation in the expedition account The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions (1921), which tells the story of his travels and trials in the Canadian High Arctic in the years between 1913-1918. The account has been considered a key text to Stefansson's Arctic career, and provides a textbook ...

    • How to Be a Heroic Explorer in a Friendly Arctic: A Chronotopic Approach to Self-Representation in Vilhjalmur Stefansson’s The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions (1921) 

      Gaupseth, Silje (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2017-02-03)
      This dissertation deals with the exploration account The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions (1921), written by Canadian-American anthropologist and explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879–1962). Stefansson’s story is based on his experiences during the Canadian Arctic Expedition, which traversed and mapped stretches of ocean and land in the Canadian Arctic in the years 1913–1918. ...

    • The Mosaics of an Arctic Seamstress: Narrative Versions of Ada Blackjack on Wrangel Island, 1921–1923 

      Gaupseth, Silje (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-20)
      This essay focuses on the narrative mosaics of Iñupiat Alaskan Ada Delutuk Blackjack, hired seamstress on an occupation colony on Wrangel Island in 1921–23, organized by renowned Canadian Arctic explorer and writer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. While the venture resulted in the tragic deaths of Blackjack’s four companions on the island, she became the expedition’s sole survivor and kept a diary during the ...