Cool or hot Greenland?:Exhibiting and enacting sustainable Arctic futures
In a current stage of ‘Arctic fever’, former representations of Greenland as ‘cool’ are increasingly joined by ‘hot’ scenarios based on an assumption of the nation as a ‘climate winner’. Using examples from the exhibition ‘Possible Greenland’ at the Venice Architectural Biennale of 2012, this paper...
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ftalborgunivpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/3a4842f8-f3e2-4893-a4c2-1007af5eeb51 2024-10-06T13:44:50+00:00 Cool or hot Greenland?:Exhibiting and enacting sustainable Arctic futures Ren, Carina Bregnholm 2016-01 https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/3a4842f8-f3e2-4893-a4c2-1007af5eeb51 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.024 eng eng https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/3a4842f8-f3e2-4893-a4c2-1007af5eeb51 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Ren , C B 2016 , ' Cool or hot Greenland? Exhibiting and enacting sustainable Arctic futures ' , Journal of Cleaner Production , vol. 111 , no. Part B , pp. 442-450 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.024 Turisme Bæredygtighed fremtidsscenarier Arktis article 2016 ftalborgunivpubl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.024 2024-09-19T00:52:41Z In a current stage of ‘Arctic fever’, former representations of Greenland as ‘cool’ are increasingly joined by ‘hot’ scenarios based on an assumption of the nation as a ‘climate winner’. Using examples from the exhibition ‘Possible Greenland’ at the Venice Architectural Biennale of 2012, this paper shows how a Greenland of the future is portrayed and branded as a sustainable nation and destination through future scenarios. The performative approach to the exhibition and its scenarios displays how issues related to all three sides of sustainability e people, planet and profit e are enrolled in an attempt to brand Greenland, but also to motivate and carry out decisions. Two scenarios from the exhibition are used to show howdiverging strategies are deployed in order to envision Greenland as sustainable. Where one seeks to embrace disagreement and complexity in its inclusive approach, the other strives to cut across locally grounded controversies. The two strategies are discussed and their potential as ‘sustainability brokers’ are critically evaluated. The strategic application of the sustainability concept to the exhibition displays the multiple ways by which the concept of sustainability is deployed to exhibit and enact a sustainable future Greenland and shows the difficulty of uniting the various visions opagated through the exhibition. However, it also points to the performative and interventionist potential of scenario building for a sustainable future, which is ultimately discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arktis Arktis* Greenland Aalborg University's Research Portal Arctic Greenland Journal of Cleaner Production 111 442 450 |
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In a current stage of ‘Arctic fever’, former representations of Greenland as ‘cool’ are increasingly joined by ‘hot’ scenarios based on an assumption of the nation as a ‘climate winner’. Using examples from the exhibition ‘Possible Greenland’ at the Venice Architectural Biennale of 2012, this paper shows how a Greenland of the future is portrayed and branded as a sustainable nation and destination through future scenarios. The performative approach to the exhibition and its scenarios displays how issues related to all three sides of sustainability e people, planet and profit e are enrolled in an attempt to brand Greenland, but also to motivate and carry out decisions. Two scenarios from the exhibition are used to show howdiverging strategies are deployed in order to envision Greenland as sustainable. Where one seeks to embrace disagreement and complexity in its inclusive approach, the other strives to cut across locally grounded controversies. The two strategies are discussed and their potential as ‘sustainability brokers’ are critically evaluated. The strategic application of the sustainability concept to the exhibition displays the multiple ways by which the concept of sustainability is deployed to exhibit and enact a sustainable future Greenland and shows the difficulty of uniting the various visions opagated through the exhibition. However, it also points to the performative and interventionist potential of scenario building for a sustainable future, which is ultimately discussed. |
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Ren , C B 2016 , ' Cool or hot Greenland? Exhibiting and enacting sustainable Arctic futures ' , Journal of Cleaner Production , vol. 111 , no. Part B , pp. 442-450 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.024 |
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