Management by Totemization: Whale Symbolism and the Anti-Whaling Campaign

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Kalland, Arne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Anti-harvesting; Economic conditions; Environmental protection; Public opinion; Sustainable economic development; Whales; Whaling; Wildlife management; Norway; Baleine; la Baleine; Arctic; Northern Norway; Norvège septentrionale
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64388

The anti-whaling campaign has been with us for about two decades by now, and - not surprisingly - the arguments against whaling have changed during these years. The ecological argument that the whales are endangered is losing ground as it becomes clear that the stocks of some species of whales can s...