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A Language Without Wilderness—Italian

A Language Without Wilderness—Italian

This part of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historian Luigi Piccioni, comes to the assumption that all the various possible Italian translations of “Wilderness Babel” are unable to transmit this synthesis of natural phenomena and human visions.

Víðerni and Öræfi—Icelandic

Víðerni and Öræfi—Icelandic

The chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historian Unnur Karlsdóttir, analyzes the Icelandic notion of wilderness which refers to the natural landscape as a space, as a visual experience, sublime and aesthetic.

Arava, Eretz Bereshit, Midbar, and Shmurat Teva—Modern Hebrew

Arava, Eretz Bereshit, Midbar, and Shmurat Teva—Modern Hebrew

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by MSc student Livnat Goldberg, highlights different words that are used in modern Hebrew to describe “wilderness.”

Wildnis—German

Wildnis—German

The German term Wildnis, as is demonstrated in this part of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition by historian Patrick Kupper, has always referred to places of difference, distinct by their very separation from society’s cultivated spaces.

Metsik Loodus, Puutumatu Loodus, and Põlisloodus—Estonian

Metsik Loodus, Puutumatu Loodus, and Põlisloodus—Estonian

This part of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by semiotician Kadri Tüur, describes how terms denoting general categories regarding nature are quite diverse in Estonia—a country where language and culture have been very intimately intertwined with landscapes and their natural conditions.

Wilderness—England’s English

Wilderness—England’s English

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by geographer Bill Adams, looks at the history of modern British interpretations of “wilderness.”

Wildeornes—Early English

Wildeornes—Early English

This chapter in the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by Raymond Chipeniuk, shows that in many cultures the idea of wilderness has been borrowed from the English-speaking world.

Salvatge, verge, erm, and silvestre—Catalan

Salvatge, verge, erm, and silvestre—Catalan

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by master’s student Luis Fernández Fernández, highlights different adjectives that are used in Catalan to describe wilderness.