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Víðerni and Öræfi—Icelandic

Víðerni and Öræfi—Icelandic

The chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historian Unnur Karlsdóttir, analyzes the Icelandic notion of wilderness which refers to the natural landscape as a space, as a visual experience, sublime and aesthetic.

Vadon and Puszta—Hungarian

Vadon and Puszta—Hungarian

This chapter of the “Wilderness babel” exhibition, written by historical ecologist and environmental historian Péter Szabó, looks at Hungarian notions of “wilderness.”

Arava, Eretz Bereshit, Midbar, and Shmurat Teva—Modern Hebrew

Arava, Eretz Bereshit, Midbar, and Shmurat Teva—Modern Hebrew

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by MSc student Livnat Goldberg, highlights different words that are used in modern Hebrew to describe “wilderness.”

Midbar, Arabah and Eremos—Biblical Wilderness

Midbar, Arabah and Eremos—Biblical Wilderness

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by philosopher Holmes Rolston, deals with the Greek and Hebrew words in the Bible translated as “wilderness.”

έρημος, ερημιά, and άγρια/παρθένα φύση—Greek

έρημος, ερημιά, and άγρια/παρθένα φύση—Greek

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by Iosif Botetzagias, looks at the meaning of “wilderness” in modern Greek.

Wildnis—German

Wildnis—German

The German term Wildnis, as is demonstrated in this part of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition by historian Patrick Kupper, has always referred to places of difference, distinct by their very separation from society’s cultivated spaces.

The Mapping of Wilderness—French

The Mapping of Wilderness—French

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historical geographer Philippe Forêt, looks at cartographic representations and nomenclature of wilderness in French.

Wildernis and woestenij—Dutch

Wildernis and woestenij—Dutch

In this chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, the author Britt Stikvoort states that the Dutch term “wildernis” is today often used for areas that are not visibly and recently touched by people.