Anticipating the Arctic and the Arctic Council: pre-emption, precaution and preparedness
This paper considers the role of the Arctic Council (AC) and its relationship to the future or even futures. Factors such as sea ice thinning and melting permafrost, alongside globalisation, have been cited as consequential in transforming the Arctic region. While we might be cautious about the nove...
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ftholloway:oai:repository.royalholloway.ac.uk:c7704c62-4548-ab5d-9a9f-cb5209c2836a/3 2023-05-15T14:30:39+02:00 Anticipating the Arctic and the Arctic Council: pre-emption, precaution and preparedness Dodds, Klaus 2012 application/pdf https://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/c7704c62-4548-ab5d-9a9f-cb5209c2836a/3/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247412000198 eng eng https://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/c7704c62-4548-ab5d-9a9f-cb5209c2836a/3/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247412000198 Polar Record Arctic Council Anticipation Pre-emption Preparedness precaution Faculty of Science\Geography info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2012 ftholloway https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247412000198 2022-09-26T12:45:33Z This paper considers the role of the Arctic Council (AC) and its relationship to the future or even futures. Factors such as sea ice thinning and melting permafrost, alongside globalisation, have been cited as consequential in transforming the Arctic region. While we might be cautious about the novelty of change per se, there is a need for further debate about how the ‘future’ is imagined and put into practice. Exploring different logics, including precaution, pre-emption and preparedness, consideration is offered on how the AC attempts to anticipate the future. The contentious role of observers is investigated by way of an example, and it is concluded that there is more work to be done in terms of how different futures are assembled, mobilised and put into practice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Ice permafrost Polar Record Sea ice Royal Holloway University of London: Royal Holloway Digital Repository Arctic Polar Record 49 2 193 203 |
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This paper considers the role of the Arctic Council (AC) and its relationship to the future or even futures. Factors such as sea ice thinning and melting permafrost, alongside globalisation, have been cited as consequential in transforming the Arctic region. While we might be cautious about the novelty of change per se, there is a need for further debate about how the ‘future’ is imagined and put into practice. Exploring different logics, including precaution, pre-emption and preparedness, consideration is offered on how the AC attempts to anticipate the future. The contentious role of observers is investigated by way of an example, and it is concluded that there is more work to be done in terms of how different futures are assembled, mobilised and put into practice. |
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