Beyond Nation? Ludwig Leichhardt’s Transnationalism

Inspired by the conference theme of ‘Looking Back to Look Forward’ this paper examines the multiple ways in which the Prussian explorer of northern Australia, Ludwig Leichhardt, provides possible new directions for rethinking contemporary concepts such as transnationalism and nationalism. While the...

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Main Author: Katrina Schlunke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2014-02-01
Series:Coolabah
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/coolabah/article/view/15534/18688
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description Inspired by the conference theme of ‘Looking Back to Look Forward’ this paper examines the multiple ways in which the Prussian explorer of northern Australia, Ludwig Leichhardt, provides possible new directions for rethinking contemporary concepts such as transnationalism and nationalism. While the paper in its genealogical fashion assumes that the past is not simply available to us to be looked upon but rather is made to appear to us through various, material and ideological productions; it is still inspired by the possibility that re-imagining the past in the present can produce alternative and better futures
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