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Wilderness as an Adjective—Latin American Spanish

Wilderness as an Adjective—Latin American Spanish

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by geographer María José Barragán-Paladines, highlights the immense spectrum of variations of wilderness within the Spanish-speaking world that make the term a rich and complex source for semantics.

Vildmark and Ödemark—Swedish

Vildmark and Ödemark—Swedish

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historian Lars Elenius, looks at Swedish notions of wilderness and its uses over history.

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.”

Wildeornes—Early English

Wildeornes—Early English

This chapter in the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by Raymond Chipeniuk, shows that in many cultures the idea of wilderness has been borrowed from the English-speaking world.