Thesis structure

Contents

Prelude: Sensing place in Antarctic space

I Introducing the research

II Reviewing the literature

Metaphors
Early marks and gestures
Circles, spirals and spheres
Metaphors of body and mind
Metaphors of art and science

Languages
Multiple, opposing and shifting views
Maps of mind and body
Harmonic signs, sounds, gestures, voices
Metaphors from past times and places

Landscapes
Sublime paradoxes
Unconscious desires
Gothic imaginings

Beyond landscapes
Layering time and meaning

Dances
Arctic
Antarctic

Animations
Scientific
Artistic
Arctic
Antarctic

III Contributing to the field
Combining drawing and dance to engage with Antarctica through visual-kinesthetic senses
Combining insights of artists and scientists to suggest a collective voice reflecting the reality of our connection with the natural world

IV Reporting from the field and the studio
Encountering
Antarctica
Expeditioners
Artists

Moving, making, animating
Air
Fire
Rock
Ice
Water

Making sense of the data
Analysing animations
Classifying and arranging

Presenting
Conferences, exhibitions
On-line interfaces

Evaluating
Challenges
What did and did not work
What I have learned
What I can show you that is new
What has changed since I began this research

V Concluding
What this research means
What more needs to be done in this area