In the name of wild

Dr. Vannini was awarded Research and Professional Development funds to travel to UNESCO sites to form a project exploring the relationship between naming and the cross-cultural meanings of wildness.

“In the Name of Wild” is a transmedia-ethnographic research project that explores cross-cultural meanings of wildness and the consequences of naming landscapes natural, wild, or pristine. Between 2014-2020 Royal Roads researchers Dr. Phillip Vannini and Dr. April Vannini will be travelling to 24 UNESCO World Heritage Natural Sites across six continents to explore how wild natures are made, protected, and experienced.