A geopolitical outlook on Arctification in northern Europe: Insights from tourism, regional branding and higher education and research institutions

This paper discusses the everyday bordering practices of non- and sub-state actors in the European Arctic through a geopolitical lens. Specifically, we analyse the mechanisms, aims, and effects of how regional development and higher education and research institutions (HER), as well as the tourism s...

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Main Authors: Bohn, Dorothee, Varnajot, Alix
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Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi 2021
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spelling ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-190020 2023-10-09T21:47:24+02:00 A geopolitical outlook on Arctification in northern Europe: Insights from tourism, regional branding and higher education and research institutions Bohn, Dorothee Varnajot, Alix 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-190020 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi Akureyri : Arctic Portal Arctic Yearbook, 2298-2418 Arctic Yearbook 2021 : Defining and Mapping the Arctic: Sovereignties, Policies and Perceptions orcid:0000-0001-9939-2048 orcid:0000-0002-5463-3933 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-190020 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Arctic tourism critical geopolitics Human Geography Kulturgeografi Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap Chapter in book info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart text 2021 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:54:49Z This paper discusses the everyday bordering practices of non- and sub-state actors in the European Arctic through a geopolitical lens. Specifically, we analyse the mechanisms, aims, and effects of how regional development and higher education and research institutions (HER), as well as the tourism sector, in climatically subarctic Fennoscandia, actively reposition themselves as centrally located in the Arctic. We depart from a critical and economic reading of geopolitics, which enquires into the production of territories of wealth, power, security, and belonging. Given the global publicity of the Arctic in media, research, and politics, the region has become an economic opportunity for sparsely populated areas in the European High North. This rescaling towards the global Arctic, also termed Arctification, offers non- and sub-state bodies the possibility to turn a historically deprived peripheral location into a competitive advantage. Hence, the Arctic moves southwards into Fennoscandian provinces that until recently had shown little identification with the region. The soft borders of the Arctic render the region a relational space that can be adapted and reinterpreted according to the interests of different actors. As such, Arctification appears to be a geopolitical process that alters representations of both the Arctic and the Nordic countries, which is nonetheless rooted in the global circuits of contemporary capitalism. Section IV: The Economics of Geography Book Part Arctic Arctic Fennoscandia Fennoscandian Subarctic Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic
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Kulturgeografi
Social Sciences
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Bohn, Dorothee
Varnajot, Alix
A geopolitical outlook on Arctification in northern Europe: Insights from tourism, regional branding and higher education and research institutions
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Human Geography
Kulturgeografi
Social Sciences
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description This paper discusses the everyday bordering practices of non- and sub-state actors in the European Arctic through a geopolitical lens. Specifically, we analyse the mechanisms, aims, and effects of how regional development and higher education and research institutions (HER), as well as the tourism sector, in climatically subarctic Fennoscandia, actively reposition themselves as centrally located in the Arctic. We depart from a critical and economic reading of geopolitics, which enquires into the production of territories of wealth, power, security, and belonging. Given the global publicity of the Arctic in media, research, and politics, the region has become an economic opportunity for sparsely populated areas in the European High North. This rescaling towards the global Arctic, also termed Arctification, offers non- and sub-state bodies the possibility to turn a historically deprived peripheral location into a competitive advantage. Hence, the Arctic moves southwards into Fennoscandian provinces that until recently had shown little identification with the region. The soft borders of the Arctic render the region a relational space that can be adapted and reinterpreted according to the interests of different actors. As such, Arctification appears to be a geopolitical process that alters representations of both the Arctic and the Nordic countries, which is nonetheless rooted in the global circuits of contemporary capitalism. Section IV: The Economics of Geography
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