Et Spørgsmål om Isbjerge:En kryo-historie om arktiske undersøiske kabler
The Question of Icebergs is a cryo-history (Sörlin, 2015) of Arctic infrastructures: How has ice and snow shaped communication infrastructures in the Arctic by both drawing in and deterring interest in travelling through, connecting with and building in the region? This study follows the case of the...
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ftalborgunivpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/b302a728-3b34-42a4-b0d8-59a1d23651eb 2023-05-15T14:22:56+02:00 Et Spørgsmål om Isbjerge:En kryo-historie om arktiske undersøiske kabler The Question of Icebergs:A Cryo-history of Arctic Submarine Cables Abildgaard, Mette Simonsen 2022-12-16 https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/b302a728-3b34-42a4-b0d8-59a1d23651eb https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000262 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144353627&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Abildgaard , M S 2022 , ' The Question of Icebergs : A Cryo-history of Arctic Submarine Cables ' , Polar Record , vol. 58 , no. 4 , e41 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000262 Cryo-history Greenland History of technology Infrastructure Science and technology studies article 2022 ftalborgunivpubl https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000262 2023-02-09T00:12:45Z The Question of Icebergs is a cryo-history (Sörlin, 2015) of Arctic infrastructures: How has ice and snow shaped communication infrastructures in the Arctic by both drawing in and deterring interest in travelling through, connecting with and building in the region? This study follows the case of the 160-year-old plans for The Northern Route, a transatlantic telegraph which would have placed Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands at the centre of transatlantic communication in the early 1860s. I draw on Actor-Network Theory and postcolonial studies to trace how notions of the Arctic Sublime, a dependency on credible ice witnesses, local ice knowledges and the politics of comparison influenced the eventual abandonment of the route, where Arctic territories were (dis)regarded and considered as mere substrate for infrastructure. I argue that this cryo-history of Arctic telecommunication infrastructures is an essential contribution to a new socio-technical agenda in cable studies, which shows how established logics about who to connect, and where, still influence infrastructural development in the region today. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arktis* Faroe Islands Greenland Iceberg* Iceland Polar Record Aalborg University's Research Portal Arctic Faroe Islands Greenland Polar Record 58 |
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The Question of Icebergs is a cryo-history (Sörlin, 2015) of Arctic infrastructures: How has ice and snow shaped communication infrastructures in the Arctic by both drawing in and deterring interest in travelling through, connecting with and building in the region? This study follows the case of the 160-year-old plans for The Northern Route, a transatlantic telegraph which would have placed Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands at the centre of transatlantic communication in the early 1860s. I draw on Actor-Network Theory and postcolonial studies to trace how notions of the Arctic Sublime, a dependency on credible ice witnesses, local ice knowledges and the politics of comparison influenced the eventual abandonment of the route, where Arctic territories were (dis)regarded and considered as mere substrate for infrastructure. I argue that this cryo-history of Arctic telecommunication infrastructures is an essential contribution to a new socio-technical agenda in cable studies, which shows how established logics about who to connect, and where, still influence infrastructural development in the region today. |
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Et Spørgsmål om Isbjerge:En kryo-historie om arktiske undersøiske kabler |
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Et Spørgsmål om Isbjerge:En kryo-historie om arktiske undersøiske kabler |
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Et Spørgsmål om Isbjerge:En kryo-historie om arktiske undersøiske kabler |
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