The belief in mining: How imageries of other mines may brighten Arctic minescapes
Abstract The article discusses how promising outlooks and favourable memories of past and distant mining ventures are employed in the view of a mine in spe . The study utilises interview quotes and written narratives pertaining to a case of mine development in Swedish Pajala and neighbouring Finnish...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247421000188 2024-09-30T14:30:30+00:00 The belief in mining: How imageries of other mines may brighten Arctic minescapes Solbär, Tiina Lovisa 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247421000188 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247421000188 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Polar Record volume 57 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 2021 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247421000188 2024-09-18T04:03:58Z Abstract The article discusses how promising outlooks and favourable memories of past and distant mining ventures are employed in the view of a mine in spe . The study utilises interview quotes and written narratives pertaining to a case of mine development in Swedish Pajala and neighbouring Finnish Kolari (the Northland project 2004–2014), located above the Arctic Circle, for explicating this. Its theoretical framework includes the concept of minescape and the ideas of past presences and anticipated futures, which support capturing (the temporality of) the sociocultural and discursive dimensions of mining alongside with its physicality. Previous and distant experiences with mines appeared readily abstracted and brought into the current debate, forgetting about contexts, that is, about any historical or geographical contingencies. This kind of temporal and spatial referencing is seen to represent an imaginative practice which, as it is argued, gains an enhanced role in tandem with the increasing market dependency and volatility of the extractive business. By attending to the meaning-making based on remembering, and forgetting, in the context of experiences made with mining in the past or elsewhere, the article contributes to our understanding of the present-day role of mining heritage. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Pajala ENVELOPE(23.386,23.386,67.209,67.209) Kolari ENVELOPE(24.173,24.173,67.292,67.292) Polar Record 57 |
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Abstract The article discusses how promising outlooks and favourable memories of past and distant mining ventures are employed in the view of a mine in spe . The study utilises interview quotes and written narratives pertaining to a case of mine development in Swedish Pajala and neighbouring Finnish Kolari (the Northland project 2004–2014), located above the Arctic Circle, for explicating this. Its theoretical framework includes the concept of minescape and the ideas of past presences and anticipated futures, which support capturing (the temporality of) the sociocultural and discursive dimensions of mining alongside with its physicality. Previous and distant experiences with mines appeared readily abstracted and brought into the current debate, forgetting about contexts, that is, about any historical or geographical contingencies. This kind of temporal and spatial referencing is seen to represent an imaginative practice which, as it is argued, gains an enhanced role in tandem with the increasing market dependency and volatility of the extractive business. By attending to the meaning-making based on remembering, and forgetting, in the context of experiences made with mining in the past or elsewhere, the article contributes to our understanding of the present-day role of mining heritage. |
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The belief in mining: How imageries of other mines may brighten Arctic minescapes |
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The belief in mining: How imageries of other mines may brighten Arctic minescapes |
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belief in mining: how imageries of other mines may brighten arctic minescapes |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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ENVELOPE(23.386,23.386,67.209,67.209) ENVELOPE(24.173,24.173,67.292,67.292) |
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