- Title
- Eatdirtzian geosophy: approaching ethical reading practices
- Creator
- Joel, Emma Maree
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- Eatdirtzian Geosophy proposes a theoretical position for critical and intersubjective reading practices. Embedded at its core is a reconciling ethic in which critics occupy an a-colonial reading position in their practices, achieving this position through combining a meta-critical reading practice with a focus on geographic knowledges in their readings of texts. The concept of geosophy acknowledges that a multitude of subjective geographic knowledges exist. Eatdirtzian Geosophy suggests thinking about the appearance of these knowledges discursively. The thesis provides a literature review of geography and arrives at the concept of geosophy as a starting point for thinking discursively about geographic knowledges. This discursive understanding highlights three core dimensions in the construction of geographic knowledges, scale, time, and space, which become the basis for conducting a geosophical analysis of text. Further, this mode of analysis highlights the significance of language and instances of language usage in the communication of geographic knowledges. The theoretical position proposed by Eatdirtzian Geosophy is further developed throughout the thesis with discussions of a reconciling ethic and an a-colonial reading position. The a-colonial reading position and the three core concepts are applied in a critical discussion of a number of Australian literary texts and literary practices throughout the thesis, including the narratives of Anita Heiss, Tom Cho and the film, Lucky Miles. Further, a reading of Bill Neidjie’s Story about Feeling demonstrates the practice of an Eatdirtzian Geosophy theory as a whole, highlighting the ways in which a geosophical discourse could inform critical reading practices.
- Subject
- literary criticism; geosophy; critical reading practices; postcolonial literature; Australian literature
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1052926
- Identifier
- uon:15497
- Rights
- Copyright 2014 Emma Maree Joel
- Language
- eng
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