The Arctic mineral resource rush and the ontological struggle for the Viiankiaapa peatland in Sodankylä, Finland

• Published in: Globalizations
• Main Author: Lassila, Maija
• Other Authors: Academic Disciplines of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Research (2010-2017)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2022
• Subjects: 5203 Global Development Studies; Extractivism; Arctic; mining; resistance; participation and power; ontologies; MINING CONFLICT; REFLECTIONS; EXTRACTION; RIGHTS; Sodankylä
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/339972

The Nordic states and the Arctic have recently received increasing attention as a consequence of the rush to excavate newly discovered mineral resources in the Global North. Local land struggles related to the expansion of the extractive industry need to be assessed and constitute the focus of the p...