Understanding Arctic oil and gas : entanglements of gender, emotions and environment
The Arctic imaginary is often characterized by white snow, empty vastness – and extensive natural resources. The topic of oil and gas, in the Arctic or elsewhere, is becoming increasingly important, as our planet is warming. However, while attention to the global climate crisis, alongside environmen...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/357704 2023-09-05T13:16:16+02:00 Understanding Arctic oil and gas : entanglements of gender, emotions and environment Kangasluoma, Sohvi Hoogensen Gjørv, Gunhild University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Changes Aleksanteri-instituutti, Helsingin yliopisto Helsingin yliopisto, valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta Poliittisten, yhteiskunnallisten ja alueellisten muutosten tohtoriohjelma Helsingfors universitet, statsvetenskapliga fakulteten Doktorandprogrammet i politisk, samhällelig och regional förändring Ylä-Anttila, Tuomas Tynkkynen, Veli-Pekka 2023-05-10T09:44:17Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/357704 eng eng Helsingin yliopisto Helsingfors universitet University of Helsinki URN:ISBN:978-951-51-8911-0 Joensuu: Unigrafia, 2023, Valtiotieteellisen tiedekunnan julkaisuja - Publications of the Faculty of Social Sciences. 2343-273X Valtiotieteellisen tiedekunnan julkaisuja - Publications of the Faculty of Social Sciences URN:ISSN:2343-2748 URN:ISBN:978-951-51-8912-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/357704 Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden. maailmanpolitiikka Text 5172 Maailmanpolitiikka 5172 Världspolitik 5172 Global Politics Doctoral dissertation (article-based) Artikkeliväitöskirja Artikelavhandling doctoralThesis 2023 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-08-16T23:00:24Z The Arctic imaginary is often characterized by white snow, empty vastness – and extensive natural resources. The topic of oil and gas, in the Arctic or elsewhere, is becoming increasingly important, as our planet is warming. However, while attention to the global climate crisis, alongside environmental awareness, has accelerated, the extraction of hydrocarbons is still a reality in many Arctic nations. The tentacles of the industry are widespread: besides benefitting the nation states and companies working with oil and gas, the fossil fuel production is meaningful also for the local communities, the seabed and the animals of the North. The issues of energy, fossil fuels, and climate change in the Arctic are widely discussed, researched, and debated. However, the topic is usually approached with a focus on the economic, to some extent environmental, and increasingly nationalist narratives, while the social aspects of energy production are left invisible. This dissertation focuses on notions seldomly connected to the discussion on northern hydrocarbons: gender and emotions. In order to move beyond fossil fuels and achieve a just and sustainable energy transition, we must evaluate the different dimensions embedded within fossil fuel dependency. Against this backdrop, in this work I ask; 1) How is the social world of fossil fuels constructed? 2) How does paying attention to emotions and affects help to understand resource politics in the Arctic? and 3) How is the practice of the fossil fuel industry gendered? This dissertation consists of four peer-reviewed articles and a concluding synthesis. In the articles, I look at different levels and views of the northern fossil fuel world, focusing especially on Norwegian and Russian fossil fuel spheres. My underlying approach to the topic emerges from the literature and discussions of feminist international relations, woven together with critical ideas of the Arctic. I explore a variety of material produced by the oil and gas companies operating in the Arctic, interviews ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Arctic Climate change Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Arctic |
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The Arctic imaginary is often characterized by white snow, empty vastness – and extensive natural resources. The topic of oil and gas, in the Arctic or elsewhere, is becoming increasingly important, as our planet is warming. However, while attention to the global climate crisis, alongside environmental awareness, has accelerated, the extraction of hydrocarbons is still a reality in many Arctic nations. The tentacles of the industry are widespread: besides benefitting the nation states and companies working with oil and gas, the fossil fuel production is meaningful also for the local communities, the seabed and the animals of the North. The issues of energy, fossil fuels, and climate change in the Arctic are widely discussed, researched, and debated. However, the topic is usually approached with a focus on the economic, to some extent environmental, and increasingly nationalist narratives, while the social aspects of energy production are left invisible. This dissertation focuses on notions seldomly connected to the discussion on northern hydrocarbons: gender and emotions. In order to move beyond fossil fuels and achieve a just and sustainable energy transition, we must evaluate the different dimensions embedded within fossil fuel dependency. Against this backdrop, in this work I ask; 1) How is the social world of fossil fuels constructed? 2) How does paying attention to emotions and affects help to understand resource politics in the Arctic? and 3) How is the practice of the fossil fuel industry gendered? This dissertation consists of four peer-reviewed articles and a concluding synthesis. In the articles, I look at different levels and views of the northern fossil fuel world, focusing especially on Norwegian and Russian fossil fuel spheres. My underlying approach to the topic emerges from the literature and discussions of feminist international relations, woven together with critical ideas of the Arctic. I explore a variety of material produced by the oil and gas companies operating in the Arctic, interviews ... |
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Hoogensen Gjørv, Gunhild University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Changes Aleksanteri-instituutti, Helsingin yliopisto Helsingin yliopisto, valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta Poliittisten, yhteiskunnallisten ja alueellisten muutosten tohtoriohjelma Helsingfors universitet, statsvetenskapliga fakulteten Doktorandprogrammet i politisk, samhällelig och regional förändring Ylä-Anttila, Tuomas Tynkkynen, Veli-Pekka |
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