Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage

Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage

The article outlines some of the historical traces for the eco-crisis that presently threatens the first and most outstanding national park in Africa, homeland of the mountain gorilla. Texts and films about Virunga reiterate the same rhetorical figures that are frequently discussed in connection wit...

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ग्रंथसूची विवरण
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मुख्य लेखक: Andersen, Frits
स्वरूप: Article ou chapitre numérique
भाषा:Anglais
प्रकाशित: Continents manuscrits 2018
विषय:
Congo
Virunga National Park
World Heritage
Exploitation
Political campaigns
Dian Fossey
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:coma_2773 https://doi.org/10.4000/coma.2773 urn:doi:10.4000/coma.2773 en https://journals.openedition.org/coma/2773 2018-10-16T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e6s0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage Continents manuscrits Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM) info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2275-1742 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/coma Andersen, Frits Congo Virunga National Park World Heritage Exploitation Political campaigns Dian Fossey The article outlines some of the historical traces for the eco-crisis that presently threatens the first and most outstanding national park in Africa, homeland of the mountain gorilla. Texts and films about Virunga reiterate the same rhetorical figures that are frequently discussed in connection with Conrad’s description of the Congo River, thus showing the long-term political effects of the “discours conradien”. After a short description of the site, the article presents the Congo Reform Movement’s campaign against the bloody repression in the Congo Free State around 1900, often referred to as the Red Rubber-regime. The article argues that we can detect similar and highly problematic rhetorical structures in the animal rights campaigns, which took on a global scale in the 1970s – initiated among others by Dian Fossey and her famous and infamous fight for the protection of mountain gorillas in the Virunga. Both human rights campaigns and animal rights campaigns share a responsibility, the author argues, for the eco-crisis at Virunga. Finally, he presents the documentary Virunga from 2014 as a model and as a rhetorical alternative. L’article propose de retracer les pistes permettant d’expliquer l’histoire de la crise écologique qui menace aujourd’hui le premier et le plus exceptionnel des parcs nationaux d’Afrique, foyer ancestral des gorilles des montagnes. Les textes et les films sur le parc national des Virunga reprennent les mêmes figures rhétoriques qui sont fréquemment mises en relation avec la description par Conrad du fleuve Congo, montrant ainsi les effets politiques à long terme du « discours conradien ». Après une brève description du site, l’article présente la campagne lancée par l’association Congo Reform Movement contre la répression sanglante à l’encontre des populations dans l’État indépendant du Congo, résumant ce que l’on a appelé le « régime du caoutchouc rouge ». L’article défend ensuite l’idée qu’il est possible de détecter des structures rhétoriques similaires et hautement problématiques dans les campagnes pour les droits des animaux, qui ont pris une dimension mondiale dans les années 1970 et qui ont été initiées entre autres par Dian Fossey et sa lutte fameuse et pour le moins contestable pour la protection des gorilles des montagnes dans le parc des Virunga. L’auteur avance l’idée que les campagnes de défense des droits humains et les campagnes de défense des animaux partagent une responsabilité commune dans la crise écologique qui affecte le parc des Virunga. Enfin, il présente le documentaire Virunga (2014) comme un modèle de rhétorique alternative.
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topic Congo
Virunga National Park
World Heritage
Exploitation
Political campaigns
Dian Fossey
spellingShingle Congo
Virunga National Park
World Heritage
Exploitation
Political campaigns
Dian Fossey
Andersen, Frits
Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage
description The article outlines some of the historical traces for the eco-crisis that presently threatens the first and most outstanding national park in Africa, homeland of the mountain gorilla. Texts and films about Virunga reiterate the same rhetorical figures that are frequently discussed in connection with Conrad’s description of the Congo River, thus showing the long-term political effects of the “discours conradien”. After a short description of the site, the article presents the Congo Reform Movement’s campaign against the bloody repression in the Congo Free State around 1900, often referred to as the Red Rubber-regime. The article argues that we can detect similar and highly problematic rhetorical structures in the animal rights campaigns, which took on a global scale in the 1970s – initiated among others by Dian Fossey and her famous and infamous fight for the protection of mountain gorillas in the Virunga. Both human rights campaigns and animal rights campaigns share a responsibility, the author argues, for the eco-crisis at Virunga. Finally, he presents the documentary Virunga from 2014 as a model and as a rhetorical alternative.
author Andersen, Frits
author_facet Andersen, Frits
author_sort Andersen, Frits
title Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage
title_short Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage
title_full Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage
title_fullStr Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage
title_full_unstemmed Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage
title_sort virunga national park, the heart of darkness as unesco world heritage
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