Fanny Copeland and the Geographical Imagination

Raised in Scotland, married and divorced in the English south, an adopted Slovene, Fanny Copeland (1872-1970) occupied the intersection of a number of complex spatial and temporal conjunctures. A Slavophile, she played a part in the formation of what subsequently became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia tha...

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Published in:Scottish geographical journal 2011-09, Vol.127 (3), p.163-192
Main Authors: Clarke, Richard, Anteric, Marija
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alpinism
Bgi / Prodig
Contemporary times
Feminism
feminist geography
Geography
Historical geography
Historical section
Italy
Le Play Society
regional geography
Regional studies
Scotland
United Kingdom
World War One
World War Two
Yugoslavia
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Summary:Raised in Scotland, married and divorced in the English south, an adopted Slovene, Fanny Copeland (1872-1970) occupied the intersection of a number of complex spatial and temporal conjunctures. A Slavophile, she played a part in the formation of what subsequently became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that emerged from the First World War. Living in Ljubljana, she facilitated the first 'foreign visit' (in 1932) of the newly formed Le Play Society (precursor of the Institute of British Geographers) and guided its studies of Solčava (a then 'remote' Alpine valley system) which, led by Dudley Stamp and commended by Halford Mackinder, were subsequently hailed as a model for regional studies elsewhere. Arrested by the Gestapo and interned in Italy during the Second World War, she eventually returned to a socialist Yugoslavia, a celebrated figure. An accomplished musician, linguist, and mountaineer, she became an authority on (and populist for) the Julian Alps and was instrumental in the establishment of the Triglav National Park. Copeland's role as participant observer (and protagonist) enriches our understanding of the particularities of her time and place and illuminates some inter-war relationships within Geography, inside and outside the academy, suggesting their relative autonomy in the production of geographical knowledge.
ISSN:1470-2541
1751-665X
1751-665X
DOI:10.1080/14702541.2011.628451