Human-other entanglements in speculative future Arctics
Migrating from the periphery into the global consciousness, the vast Arctic is central to discussions about anthropogenic climate change. The spatio-temporal scope of environmental changes poses complexities for scientific and cultural debates but also allows for imaginative responses in fiction. Sp...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-203897 2023-10-09T21:48:27+02:00 Human-other entanglements in speculative future Arctics Lindgren Leavenworth, Maria Leavenworth, Van 2022 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-203897 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier Oulu : The Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Fafnir : Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, 2022, 9:2, s. 118-133 orcid:0000-0001-5265-6421 orcid:0000-0001-5234-9720 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-203897 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Arctic speculative fiction entanglement polar bear more-than-human climate change General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2022 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:56:47Z Migrating from the periphery into the global consciousness, the vast Arctic is central to discussions about anthropogenic climate change. The spatio-temporal scope of environmental changes poses complexities for scientific and cultural debates but also allows for imaginative responses in fiction. Speculative climate fiction is generated by real-world anxieties and aspirations but imaginatively and productively explores the effects of accelerated change. In this article, we apply Stacy Alaimo’s and Donna Haraway’s theoretical concepts, which assert entanglements between humans and others in the more-than-human environment, in our analyses of Laline Paull’s The Ice, Sam J. Miller’s Blackfish City, and Vicki Jarrett’s Always North, three novels that engage with climate change and its effects in the Arctic. Entanglements find different forms depending on the level of speculation in the works examined, but they all demonstrate the detrimental centrality of the human in past and future paradigms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Stacy ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.983,-62.983) |
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Migrating from the periphery into the global consciousness, the vast Arctic is central to discussions about anthropogenic climate change. The spatio-temporal scope of environmental changes poses complexities for scientific and cultural debates but also allows for imaginative responses in fiction. Speculative climate fiction is generated by real-world anxieties and aspirations but imaginatively and productively explores the effects of accelerated change. In this article, we apply Stacy Alaimo’s and Donna Haraway’s theoretical concepts, which assert entanglements between humans and others in the more-than-human environment, in our analyses of Laline Paull’s The Ice, Sam J. Miller’s Blackfish City, and Vicki Jarrett’s Always North, three novels that engage with climate change and its effects in the Arctic. Entanglements find different forms depending on the level of speculation in the works examined, but they all demonstrate the detrimental centrality of the human in past and future paradigms. |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier |
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Arctic Climate change |
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Arctic Climate change |
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