Polar Expeditions

Discovering Rituals of Success within Hazardous Ventures
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-32289-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 287 g

Polar Expeditions employs structural ritualization theory to show how rituals enriched the lives of crewmembers on 19 polar expeditions over a 100-year period. J. David Knottnerus identifies and compares failed, successful, and extremely successful missions in terms of participation in ritual practices and the social psychological health of crews, finding that that social and personal rituals, such as work practices, religious activities, games, birthday parties, special dinners, or taking walks are extremely important in increasing crewmembers' ability to cope with the challenges they face including extreme dangers, isolation, restricted environment, stress, lengthy journeys, and quite importantly the disruption of those practices that define our everyday lives. Besides contributing to our knowledge about polar expeditions, this research yields implications for our understanding of ritual dynamics in other situations such as disasters, refugee camps, nursing homes, traumatic experiences, and a new type of hazardous venture, space exploration.

Zielgruppe

General and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knottnerus, J. David

Knottnerus, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Expeditions and Rituals

2. Ritual Theory and Methodology: Life on Polar Expeditions

3. Failed Expeditions, by J. David Knottnerus, Kevin Johnson, and James D. Mason

The Grinnell Voyage: A Troubled Search for the Franklin Expedition

The Grinnell Expedition to Polar Greenland: Discord at Sea

The Jeanette's Search for the North Pole: A Tragic Venture

The Karluk Mission in the Northern Seas: An Arctic Disaster

A Russian Expedition to Siberia: Life and Death in the Arctic

The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition: Discord and Loss in the Arctic

The Polaris Expedition to the North Pole: A Recipe for Failure

The Belgica Expedition in Antarctica: Amundsen’s Account of a Flawed Mission

The HMS Enterprise in Search of the John Franklin: Conflicts of Authority and Ritual Failure

4. Successful Expeditions, by J. David Knottnerus, Kevin Johnson, and James D. Mason

The Voyage of the Isabel in Pursuit of the John Franklin: A Successful Journey to Greenland

A Land Journey in the North: The Team of Haig-Thomas and Nookap

A Quest for the South Pole: The Tragedy and Triumph of the Scott Expedition

First to the North Pole: Henson's Account of the Peary Expedition

Research in Antarctica: A Mid-Twentieth Century British Expedition

Science in Antarctica: A Mid-Twentieth Century American Expedition

5. Highly Successful Expeditions, by J. David Knottnerus, Kevin Johnson, and James D. Mason

The Discovery of the Northwest Passage: The Trials of the M’Clure Expedition

Heard Island, Antarctica: A Mid-Twentieth Century Australian Expedition

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Shackleton's Challenge

A Late Nineteenth Century Arctic Expedition: Nansen and the Fram

6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

J. David Knottnerus is Emeritus Regents Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. He has published extensively in the areas of ritual dynamics, social theory, social psychology, group processes, social structure, and social inequality. Much of his work in recent years has focused on the development of structural ritualization theory and research, which analyzes the role rituals play in social life.