Contested Coastal Commons and Blue Spatial Justice: Enclosures, Rescaling, and Resistance in Northern Norway
The coastal commons are increasingly contested around the world, coming under pressure from competing interests. In particular, the discourses of ‘blue economy’ and ‘blue growth’ have become powerful buzzwords, giving rise to concerns about the impacts on communities depending on coastal resources,...
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ftjijotc:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1240 2024-06-23T07:52:46+00:00 Contested Coastal Commons and Blue Spatial Justice: Enclosures, Rescaling, and Resistance in Northern Norway Movik, Synne 2024-01-19 application/pdf text/xml https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/1240 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1240 eng eng Ubiquity Press https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/1240/1290 https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/1240/1291 https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/1240 doi:10.5334/ijc.1240 Copyright (c) 2024 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 International Journal of the Commons; Vol. 18 No. 1 (2024); 39–52 1875-0281 Coastal commons blue economy blue growth blue justice spatial justice blue spatial justice space socio-spatial relations scale enclosure territoriality coastal Sami aquaculture northern Norway info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2024 ftjijotc https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1240 2024-06-03T23:47:25Z The coastal commons are increasingly contested around the world, coming under pressure from competing interests. In particular, the discourses of ‘blue economy’ and ‘blue growth’ have become powerful buzzwords, giving rise to concerns about the impacts on communities depending on coastal resources, such as small-scale fishers. In Norway, aquaculture is the second-most important export industry in the country, but there are increasing conflicts with other interests, including small-scale fishers and coastal Sami. In this article, I trace how the push for gaining recognition for a State-backed fundamental right to fish for small-scale fishers in Finnmark, including coastal Sami, was modified and rescaled to become an issue of balancing competing interests at the local level through municipal planning processes. Drawing on insights from socio-spatial scholarship, I argue that more explicit attention to spatialities of coastal conflicts is important in understanding conflicts in the coastal commons. I propose the term ‘blue spatial justice’ as a means to supplement and enrich the existing concept of blue justice to encompass a sensibility to the spatial dimensions of justice struggles. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Northern Norway sami Finnmark International Journal of the Commons Norway International Journal of the Commons 18 1 39 52 |
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The coastal commons are increasingly contested around the world, coming under pressure from competing interests. In particular, the discourses of ‘blue economy’ and ‘blue growth’ have become powerful buzzwords, giving rise to concerns about the impacts on communities depending on coastal resources, such as small-scale fishers. In Norway, aquaculture is the second-most important export industry in the country, but there are increasing conflicts with other interests, including small-scale fishers and coastal Sami. In this article, I trace how the push for gaining recognition for a State-backed fundamental right to fish for small-scale fishers in Finnmark, including coastal Sami, was modified and rescaled to become an issue of balancing competing interests at the local level through municipal planning processes. Drawing on insights from socio-spatial scholarship, I argue that more explicit attention to spatialities of coastal conflicts is important in understanding conflicts in the coastal commons. I propose the term ‘blue spatial justice’ as a means to supplement and enrich the existing concept of blue justice to encompass a sensibility to the spatial dimensions of justice struggles. |
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Contested Coastal Commons and Blue Spatial Justice: Enclosures, Rescaling, and Resistance in Northern Norway |
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Contested Coastal Commons and Blue Spatial Justice: Enclosures, Rescaling, and Resistance in Northern Norway |
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Contested Coastal Commons and Blue Spatial Justice: Enclosures, Rescaling, and Resistance in Northern Norway |
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Contested Coastal Commons and Blue Spatial Justice: Enclosures, Rescaling, and Resistance in Northern Norway |
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contested coastal commons and blue spatial justice: enclosures, rescaling, and resistance in northern norway |
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