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Travel Essays & Travelogues

In the Name of Wild

One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness

by (author) Phillip Vannini & April Vannini

with Autumn Vannini

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2022
Category
Essays & Travelogues, Family, Ecotourism, Wilderness, Cultural
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774890403
    Publish Date
    Oct 2022
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774890441
    Publish Date
    Oct 2022
    List Price
    $24.95

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Five continents. Ten countries. Twenty Natural World Heritage sites in five years. In the Name of Wild is the story of what happened when one family set out to learn what wildness means to people around the world.

 

What draws us to seek out wild places? Do they mean the same to everyone? As they embarked on their fieldwork the Vannini family expected pristine landscapes, but romantic ideals soon crashed into reality. Adventurers were there to conquer the wilderness. Conservationists were there to manage it. Tourism operators were there to make a dollar.

 

Part travelogue, part ethnography, In the Name of Wild takes us on a wide-ranging journey, searching for answers from people who call places like Tasmania, Patagonia, and Iceland home. Wildness, they explain, isn’t about remoteness or an absence of people. This brilliantly conceived, beautifully told account reveals that wild is really about connections, kinship, and coexistence with the land.

About the authors

Phillip Vannini is professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University.

Phillip Vannini's profile page

April Vannini teaches in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University.

April Vannini's profile page

Autumn Vannini's profile page

Editorial Reviews

The Vanninis' findings are surprising and thought-provoking ... This entertaining and educational book takes along not only the family but readers too ... You can enjoy the journey, ponder and philosophize, and then decide what your answer might be.

BC Bookworld

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