Discourse in a modern Arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to Pawliw, Berthold and Lasserre
In this reflection I contemplate on the nature of claiming sovereignty over the Arctic through the political discourse, as used in the Harper administration. I question the mobilization of discourses to substantiate claims and lasting jurisdiction over the Arctic as the true nature of reconstructing...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/102004 2024-10-20T14:05:57+00:00 Discourse in a modern Arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to Pawliw, Berthold and Lasserre Carleton, Alexandra 2021-06-24 application/pdf https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/102004 https://doi.org/10.11143/fennia.102004 eng eng Geographical Society of Finland https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/102004/64542 https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/102004 doi:10.11143/fennia.102004 Copyright (c) 2021 Alexandra Carleton http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Fennia - International Journal of Geography; Vol. 199 No. 1 (2021); 129-131 Fennia; Vol 199 Nro 1 (2021); 129-131 1798-5617 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.11143/fennia.102004 2024-10-08T15:05:45Z In this reflection I contemplate on the nature of claiming sovereignty over the Arctic through the political discourse, as used in the Harper administration. I question the mobilization of discourses to substantiate claims and lasting jurisdiction over the Arctic as the true nature of reconstructing narratives. In particular, whether the truer questions are how and why we seek sovereignty over areas of wilderness and why discourse is needed at all to legitimise the goodness of such claiming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Arctic Harper ENVELOPE(-57.050,-57.050,-84.050,-84.050) Lasserre ENVELOPE(-58.421,-58.421,-62.107,-62.107) Fennia - International Journal of Geography |
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In this reflection I contemplate on the nature of claiming sovereignty over the Arctic through the political discourse, as used in the Harper administration. I question the mobilization of discourses to substantiate claims and lasting jurisdiction over the Arctic as the true nature of reconstructing narratives. In particular, whether the truer questions are how and why we seek sovereignty over areas of wilderness and why discourse is needed at all to legitimise the goodness of such claiming. |
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Discourse in a modern Arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to Pawliw, Berthold and Lasserre |
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Discourse in a modern Arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to Pawliw, Berthold and Lasserre |
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Discourse in a modern Arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to Pawliw, Berthold and Lasserre |
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Discourse in a modern Arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to Pawliw, Berthold and Lasserre |
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Discourse in a modern Arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to Pawliw, Berthold and Lasserre |
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discourse in a modern arctic: can we supplant sovereignty? – commentary to pawliw, berthold and lasserre |
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