Alexandre Simon-Ekeland

• Simon-Ekeland, Alexandre (2021). A Fascinated Disgust: French Travellers and North Norwegian Whaling at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. In Kaasa, Janicke S.; Lothe, Jakob & Spring, Ulrike (Ed.), Nordic Travels . Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-8390-078-1. p. 69–86. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  We all have stories of travel, and these narratives reveal how we define ourselves and how we understand others. The fourteen contributors to this book take “travel writing”, “travel account” and “travelogue” as synonyms of the term “travel narrative”. While the travel narratives discussed in this volume were written during, and after, journeys undertaken at different points in time, they are all related to the Nordic region: travels to, from and within the Nordics, by both Nordic and non-Nordic travellers. As the authors show, paintings, illustrations and objects such as souvenirs also contribute to our understanding of travels to, from and within the Nordic countries. This range of travellers and travel experiences offers strikingly different perspectives on the Nordic region, which in turn allows for a comparative and critical approach. The element of comparison is crucial here; it shows not only how dissimilar perceptions of the Nordic are but also how they have changed over time. One concluding point made in the book is that if Nordic travels have been associated with a privileged mobility unavailable to noncitizens and refugees, travellers from the Nordic countries will be even more troubled by this implicit reference as climate changes accelerate. Presenting Nordic travels as multi-dimensional and dynamic, the collection owes its inception to the UiO:Nordic research initiative. [Text on back cover]

• Simon-Ekeland, Alexandre (2020). La plaque commémorative du "Latham 47" à Tromsø. Pratiques touristiques et journalistiques. DESHIMA, revue d'histoire globale des pays du Nord. ISSN 1957-5173. p. 117–132.
• Simon-Ekeland, Alexandre (2018). « Les « pays du Nord » européens dans la géographie imaginée des journalistes du Petit Parisien, 1876-1914 ». DESHIMA, revue d'histoire globale des pays du Nord. ISSN 1957-5173. Full text in Research Archive
• Simon-Ekeland, Alexandre (2018). Le(s) discours sur le froid dans "Le Petit Parisien" en 1900, Le froid : adaptation, production, effets, représentations. Presses de L'Université du Québec. ISSN 978-2-7605-4923-4. p. 147–160. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv6zd9dq.11.

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