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Abstract This book examines places on the margins and the dynamics through which a marginal position of a place is created. Specifically, it explores how places, mostly in sparsely populated areas, often perceived as immobile and frozen in time, come into being and develop through interference of ev...

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Main Authors: Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór, Lund, Katrín Anna, Thorsteinsson, Björn, Jóhannesdóttir, Guðbjörg R.
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Springer International Publishing 2023
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41344-5_1
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-41344-5_1
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Summary:Abstract This book examines places on the margins and the dynamics through which a marginal position of a place is created. Specifically, it explores how places, mostly in sparsely populated areas, often perceived as immobile and frozen in time, come into being and develop through interference of everyday mobilitiesand creative practices that cut across the spheres of culture and nature as usually defined.