Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic
As the Arctic switches to “new normal” it is being re-imagined once again ‒ region is viewed from the outside as a “window in the skies” – referring here to a distant window of opportunity, myth place, place of frontiers, resources and exotic peoples “somewhere” up there, away. This article position...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/65100 2023-05-15T14:42:06+02:00 Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic Mustonen, Tero 2014-01-01 application/pdf https://nordia.journal.fi/article/view/65100 eng eng The Geographical Society of Northern Finland and the Geography Research Unit https://nordia.journal.fi/article/view/65100/26250 https://nordia.journal.fi/article/view/65100 Nordia Geographical Publications; Vol 43 No 1: NGP Yearbook 2014: East meets North; 67-73 Nordia Geographical Publications; Vol 43 Nro 1: NGP Yearbook 2014: East meets North; 67-73 2736-9722 1238-2086 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article 2014 fttsvojs 2021-03-31T22:47:57Z As the Arctic switches to “new normal” it is being re-imagined once again ‒ region is viewed from the outside as a “window in the skies” – referring here to a distant window of opportunity, myth place, place of frontiers, resources and exotic peoples “somewhere” up there, away. This article positions the region differently: challenging this view based on Terra nullius, empty land of the North is the notion that the Arctic, here, including the boreal sub-Arctic too, is a homeland to a vast range of indigenous and local cultures with their non-Euclidean lifeworlds. Methodological overview of indigenous societies of the North, presented in short form here, illustrates the vast diversity of societies – currently ignored for the most part in the “window in the skies”. Article concludes with the view that by engaging with the various traditions and oral histories of the North a more realistic view can be obtained of this region of geopolitical interests. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Arctic |
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As the Arctic switches to “new normal” it is being re-imagined once again ‒ region is viewed from the outside as a “window in the skies” – referring here to a distant window of opportunity, myth place, place of frontiers, resources and exotic peoples “somewhere” up there, away. This article positions the region differently: challenging this view based on Terra nullius, empty land of the North is the notion that the Arctic, here, including the boreal sub-Arctic too, is a homeland to a vast range of indigenous and local cultures with their non-Euclidean lifeworlds. Methodological overview of indigenous societies of the North, presented in short form here, illustrates the vast diversity of societies – currently ignored for the most part in the “window in the skies”. Article concludes with the view that by engaging with the various traditions and oral histories of the North a more realistic view can be obtained of this region of geopolitical interests. |
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Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic |
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Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic |
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Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic |
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Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic |
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Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic |
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window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the arctic |
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The Geographical Society of Northern Finland and the Geography Research Unit |
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Nordia Geographical Publications; Vol 43 No 1: NGP Yearbook 2014: East meets North; 67-73 Nordia Geographical Publications; Vol 43 Nro 1: NGP Yearbook 2014: East meets North; 67-73 2736-9722 1238-2086 |
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