Starving Polar Bears and Melting Ice: How the Arctic Imaginary Continues to Colonize Our Perception of Climate Change in the Circumpolar Region
This paper explores the Arctic Imaginary and its impact on how the circumpolar region is perceived by people outside of the region. Whether as imagined by the tourist industry, in connection to climate change, or as part of a geopolitical agenda, the Arctic is often portrayed in a simplified, mono-s...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1940844720968206 2024-04-28T08:05:46+00:00 Starving Polar Bears and Melting Ice: How the Arctic Imaginary Continues to Colonize Our Perception of Climate Change in the Circumpolar Region Brode-Roger, Dina 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1940844720968206 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1940844720968206 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1940844720968206 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Review of Qualitative Research volume 14, issue 3, page 497-509 ISSN 1940-8447 1940-8455 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 2020 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1940844720968206 2024-04-02T08:13:34Z This paper explores the Arctic Imaginary and its impact on how the circumpolar region is perceived by people outside of the region. Whether as imagined by the tourist industry, in connection to climate change, or as part of a geopolitical agenda, the Arctic is often portrayed in a simplified, mono-story way. A biased, simplified view of the region limits a deeper understanding of the issues that are important to the people living there. By tracing the Arctic Imaginary through its various historical manifestations and comparing it with the reality of living in the circumpolar region, this paper aims to challenge our collective, projected, and romanticized images of the “Arctic.” By discussing how different guises of the Arctic Imaginary continue to “other” and simplify the complexities of the region, this paper will show how recent environmental discourse anchors the Arctic Imaginary in a new way. Viewing the Arctic as a place to be saved, a pure, pristine place in need of protection, imposes upon it an identity as an object of (white, male, colonial) desire. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change SAGE Publications International Review of Qualitative Research 194084472096820 |
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This paper explores the Arctic Imaginary and its impact on how the circumpolar region is perceived by people outside of the region. Whether as imagined by the tourist industry, in connection to climate change, or as part of a geopolitical agenda, the Arctic is often portrayed in a simplified, mono-story way. A biased, simplified view of the region limits a deeper understanding of the issues that are important to the people living there. By tracing the Arctic Imaginary through its various historical manifestations and comparing it with the reality of living in the circumpolar region, this paper aims to challenge our collective, projected, and romanticized images of the “Arctic.” By discussing how different guises of the Arctic Imaginary continue to “other” and simplify the complexities of the region, this paper will show how recent environmental discourse anchors the Arctic Imaginary in a new way. Viewing the Arctic as a place to be saved, a pure, pristine place in need of protection, imposes upon it an identity as an object of (white, male, colonial) desire. |
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Starving Polar Bears and Melting Ice: How the Arctic Imaginary Continues to Colonize Our Perception of Climate Change in the Circumpolar Region |
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Starving Polar Bears and Melting Ice: How the Arctic Imaginary Continues to Colonize Our Perception of Climate Change in the Circumpolar Region |
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Starving Polar Bears and Melting Ice: How the Arctic Imaginary Continues to Colonize Our Perception of Climate Change in the Circumpolar Region |
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Starving Polar Bears and Melting Ice: How the Arctic Imaginary Continues to Colonize Our Perception of Climate Change in the Circumpolar Region |
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Starving Polar Bears and Melting Ice: How the Arctic Imaginary Continues to Colonize Our Perception of Climate Change in the Circumpolar Region |
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starving polar bears and melting ice: how the arctic imaginary continues to colonize our perception of climate change in the circumpolar region |
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