Managing 'Wildness' : Creative Writing and Landscape Restoration

由于这项工作将适合诺森比亚大学人文学系以前和未来的研究，因此将坚持由更大框架设定的两个主要研究问题：1)创造性作家和/或艺术家如何发展对景观恢复项目的人文背景的理解？2)一个有创意的作家和/或艺术家如何推进和丰富与景观相关的“野性”概念？对于这些主要问题，我将添加一些由所选择的形式和媒体类型提出的额外的关键子问题：1)图形小说如何展示一个面对严酷和荒凉景观的现代人意味着什么？当制作一个故事的过程需要长途跋涉和恶劣或不稳定的户外条件时，这个过程是如何改变的？以这种不同的形式去遥远的地方旅行，是否有可能有效地捕捉到时间体验的差异？2)图形小说这种相对较新的媒介如何参与和模拟与正在建设的景观的关系？与小说或纪录片等其他媒体相比，它有什么独特的特点来构建我们对荒野的理解？这种视觉媒介能否描绘出这样一个项目所激发的心理复杂性和情感体验？例：人类应对生物多样性丧失的经验，特别是那些具有重要的积极或消极文化意义的物种的丧失。威廉斯克拉夫松，画眉)

As the work will fit into the previous and future research of the Northumbria UniversityDepartment of Humanities, the two main research questions which have been set by thelarger framework will be adhered to:1) How can a creative writer and/or artist develop understanding of the humancontext of a landscape restoration project?2) How can a creative writer and/or artist advance and enrich the notion of 'wildness'in relation to landscapes?To these main questions, I will add certain additional critical sub questions raised by thechosen form and media type:1) How can a graphic novel show what it means to be a modern human confronted with aharsh and inhospitable landscape? How does the process of crafting a story change whenthe process requires long treks and harsh or unstable outdoor conditions? Is it possible toeffectively capture the difference in the experience of time when travelling to such aremote place in this different format?2) How can the relatively new medium of the Graphic Novel engage and simulate arelationship with the landscape under construction - what are its unique traits to build onour human understanding of wildness compared to other media such as a novel ordocumentary? Can this visual medium depict the psychological intricacies and emotionalexperience such a project inspires? E.g.: The human experience to cope with the loss ofbiodiversity, especially of those species which have a significant positive or negativecultural significance (cfr. the Williams Cleugh Pine, the mistle thrush)