The Prime Minister of Antarctica: entrenching territory through journalistic travelogues
This article discusses how sovereignty can be entrenched through the interplay between texts and actions. The case is the coverage of the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s travels to Antarctica by one Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten. Through a close reading, the article shows how two news...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/71973 2023-05-15T13:46:09+02:00 The Prime Minister of Antarctica: entrenching territory through journalistic travelogues Alnæs, Jørgen 2018-02-22T10:29:04Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71973 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-75079 https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2017.1420408 EN eng Nottingham Trent University http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-75079 Alnæs, Jørgen . The Prime Minister of Antarctica: entrenching territory through journalistic travelogues. Studies in Travel Writing. 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71973 1567793 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Studies in Travel Writing&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2018 Studies in Travel Writing 21 4 403 418 https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2017.1420408 URN:NBN:no-75079 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/71973/1/PM-Antarctica%2Bpostprint%2B2019.pdf 1364-5145 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed AcceptedVersion 2018 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2017.1420408 2020-06-21T08:53:00Z This article discusses how sovereignty can be entrenched through the interplay between texts and actions. The case is the coverage of the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s travels to Antarctica by one Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten. Through a close reading, the article shows how two newspaper articles by the journalist Ole Mathismoen strengthen the connections between Norway and one of its territorial claims in Antarctica while simultaneously obscuring other nations’ presence. Thus, the travelogues provide a setting for sovereignty performances by the Prime Minister, which naturalises and depoliticises his actions. The article applies the concept of imaginative geographies to illuminate relations between journalism and geopolitics. By looking at the example of Norway’s presence in Antarctica, it explores how the performance of imaginative geographies functions as the entrenchment of territorial claims. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Norway Studies in Travel Writing 21 4 403 418 |
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This article discusses how sovereignty can be entrenched through the interplay between texts and actions. The case is the coverage of the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s travels to Antarctica by one Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten. Through a close reading, the article shows how two newspaper articles by the journalist Ole Mathismoen strengthen the connections between Norway and one of its territorial claims in Antarctica while simultaneously obscuring other nations’ presence. Thus, the travelogues provide a setting for sovereignty performances by the Prime Minister, which naturalises and depoliticises his actions. The article applies the concept of imaginative geographies to illuminate relations between journalism and geopolitics. By looking at the example of Norway’s presence in Antarctica, it explores how the performance of imaginative geographies functions as the entrenchment of territorial claims. |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-75079 Alnæs, Jørgen . The Prime Minister of Antarctica: entrenching territory through journalistic travelogues. Studies in Travel Writing. 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71973 1567793 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Studies in Travel Writing&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2018 Studies in Travel Writing 21 4 403 418 https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2017.1420408 URN:NBN:no-75079 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/71973/1/PM-Antarctica%2Bpostprint%2B2019.pdf |
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