Welfare Frontiers? Resource Practices in the Nordic Arctic Anthropocene
This article outlines the thematic section's main anthropological interventions and introduces the inherently ambiguous notion of welfare frontiers, implying allegedly benign practices of resource development. Through ethnographic analyses from Iceland, Norway, and Greenland, it shows that Nord...
| Published in: | Anthropological Journal of European Cultures |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2020
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/welfare-frontiers-resource-practices-in-the-nordic-arctic-anthropocene(f80535ad-c1a6-43a0-936b-f7061ea8199a).html https://doi.org/10.3167/ajec.2020.290101 https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/259992398/_17552931_Anthropological_Journal_of_European_Cultures_Welfare_Frontiers_Resource_Practices_in_the_Nordic_Arctic_Anthropocene.pdf |
| Summary: | This article outlines the thematic section's main anthropological interventions and introduces the inherently ambiguous notion of welfare frontiers, implying allegedly benign practices of resource development. Through ethnographic analyses from Iceland, Norway, and Greenland, it shows that Nordic Arctic landscapes become resourceful through careful crafting, entangled with practices and ideals of nation-building, egalitarianism, sustainability, good governance, and a concern for liveability for legitimate citizens. Further, the authors suggest that seeing natural resource development as linked to specific welfare state projects, with attention to the sometimes colonizing aspects of such practices, specifies and captures the current era, bringing the Anthropocene back home. |
|---|