This article uses specific biographical examples to examine the transfer of knowledge and culture between Austria and Canada in relation to skiing before and after the Second World War.
Inhabit the Andes of the South
The architectural and cultural heritage of mountain huts built in the 1930s by European migrants in Chile, serving as landmarks that symbolize human presence in the vast Andean landscape.
The Mountain Legacy Voices Project: Past and present mountain voices speak to the future
Introducing the Mountain Voices project, a tribute to the mountains of western Canada connecting extensive mountain archival imagery with a diverse range of personal mountain interactions.
Echoes from the Alps to the Rockies: The Story of Swiss Guides in the Canadian Mountain History- Focusing on Abbot Pass Hut
Rebuilding buries stories! the story of 125 years of Swiss guides’ legacy in the Western Canada Mountains.
Aren’t ethnographic materials on mountain communities qualified as mountain information? Can they be assembled? And How?
The talk gauges the interest of the mountain research community in making use of a wealth of qualitative information about the mountain and its people embedded in ethnographic materials.
Reimagining historical and repeat photographs for Indigenous land use planning
We will present on a collaboration between Iyarhe (Stoney) Nakoda Nation and the Mountain Legacy Project to repurpose a colonial photographic archive in support of Indigenous resurgence.
Whose mountains? Landscape as adopted heritage in the borderland mountain regions of Czechia
The presentation discusses the role of the Czech borderland mountain landscapes in the formation of regional heritage and identity in the context of its past transformations during the 20th century.
Discussions on droughts and glaciers on the two slopes of the central Andes (28.30°- 39°). Disputes over governance objects in the context of the new climate regime.
Environmental History; Geography; Glaciers; Water governance
Language Difference and its Representation at Mountain Festivals: Translation and Subtitles
This paper brings translation and language difference to the fore in mountaineering studies, focusing on film subtitling at international mountain festivals.
Changing strategies in debris flow mitigation in the European Alps
Development of strategies in debris flow management over the last 150 years: from the first large-scale structural protection measures to the diversification of strategies and the latest trends.