Resources, Social and Cultural Sustainabilities in the Arctic

This book focuses on the understudied social and cultural dimensions of sustainability in the Arctic. More specifically, it explores these thematics through paying attention to resources in different definitions and forms and the ways in which they entangle in the realities and expectations of socia...

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Other Authors: Tennberg, Monica, Lempinen, Hanna, Pirnes, Susanna-Elisabet
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2020
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Online Access:https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/a5e12b23-4a35-436c-901a-32bea73d803e
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429057366
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Summary:This book focuses on the understudied social and cultural dimensions of sustainability in the Arctic. More specifically, it explores these thematics through paying attention to resources in different definitions and forms and the ways in which they entangle in the realities and expectations of social and cultural sustainability in the region. The book approaches resources as socially and culturally constructed and also draws attention to social, human and cultural capabilities and the roles they have in making and shaping the imaginaries of sustainability. Together, this volume and its case studies contribute to a broadened understanding of the interplay of natural and material resources and social and cultural capabilities as well as their discursive framings. This multidisciplinary text includes contributions from political sciences, sociology, gender studies, regional studies, economics and art research. With its wide range of conceptually informed case studies, the book is relevant for researchers and professionals as well as advanced students and for institutions and organizations offering education in Arctic affairs.