Interruptions: Affective futures and uncanny presences at Giemaš , Finnmark
Abstract This paper concerns affective relations and unexpected interruptions as the planned expansion of an extractive open-pit mining site gathers momentum. The site is a mountain in Varanger, North Norway, criss-crossed by a sand-coloured meshwork of roads that are part of the current infrastruct...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247420000443 2024-03-03T08:44:21+00:00 Interruptions: Affective futures and uncanny presences at Giemaš , Finnmark Lien, Marianne Elisabeth 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247420000443 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247420000443 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Polar Record volume 57 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2021 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247420000443 2024-02-08T08:30:05Z Abstract This paper concerns affective relations and unexpected interruptions as the planned expansion of an extractive open-pit mining site gathers momentum. The site is a mountain in Varanger, North Norway, criss-crossed by a sand-coloured meshwork of roads that are part of the current infrastructure of a quartzite quarry. Recently purchased by Chinese investors, the mining company Elkem plans a massive expansion of the operations, which will interrupt a wide range of practices and projects, including the migratory movement of reindeer, as well as their grazing patterns. Known as Giemaš amongst Sámi speakers, the mountain is also alluded to as a site of other powers, manifesting as unexpected accidents. In this article, I explore how the planned expansion evokes this contested site as more than a singular mountain, and how divergent epistemic formations interrupt the making of extractive resources in multiple ways. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark North Norway Polar Record Varanger Finnmark Cambridge University Press Giemaš ENVELOPE(28.521,28.521,70.482,70.482) Norway Polar Record 57 |
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Abstract This paper concerns affective relations and unexpected interruptions as the planned expansion of an extractive open-pit mining site gathers momentum. The site is a mountain in Varanger, North Norway, criss-crossed by a sand-coloured meshwork of roads that are part of the current infrastructure of a quartzite quarry. Recently purchased by Chinese investors, the mining company Elkem plans a massive expansion of the operations, which will interrupt a wide range of practices and projects, including the migratory movement of reindeer, as well as their grazing patterns. Known as Giemaš amongst Sámi speakers, the mountain is also alluded to as a site of other powers, manifesting as unexpected accidents. In this article, I explore how the planned expansion evokes this contested site as more than a singular mountain, and how divergent epistemic formations interrupt the making of extractive resources in multiple ways. |
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Interruptions: Affective futures and uncanny presences at Giemaš , Finnmark |
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