A borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of Finland
Abstract In past decades landscapes have become recognized as essentially liminal systems: there has been an increased appreciation for the embeddedness of lived experiences of places in four-dimensional space-time and the landscape’s connections with perceptions, stories, the material and immateria...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2021102752479 2023-07-30T04:01:51+02:00 A borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of Finland van den Berg, M. (M.) 2021 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021102752479 eng eng Informa info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ethnoarchaeology in-betweenness memory meshwork reindeer herding tourism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:58:30Z Abstract In past decades landscapes have become recognized as essentially liminal systems: there has been an increased appreciation for the embeddedness of lived experiences of places in four-dimensional space-time and the landscape’s connections with perceptions, stories, the material and immaterial pasts, as well as the material and immaterial present and future. Kilpisjärvi is such a place where immaterial pasts, presents, and futures consolidate into lived experiences. Intimate narratives of the local inhabitants and enveloping environment are produced through the intermingling of traditional ways of living and being with the development of modern perspectives and infrastructures. This photo essay glimpses at the flow of interconnected stories of becoming of an Arctic village’s lifeworld. It glances at what has never been built nor written down, what has been built over, the local anecdotes that speak to these, and how this amalgamation of interweaving materiality and disembodiment shape an understanding of Kilpisjärvi and its inhabitants from an insiders and outsiders perspective. The essay takes the reader through the liminal landscapes of reindeer, reindeer herders, tourist organizations, and village life, and its analysis advances our understanding of how these all connect in a meshwork that teaches old and new ways of viewing the environment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Kilpisjärvi Jultika - University of Oulu repository Arctic Kilpisjärvi ENVELOPE(20.767,20.767,69.034,69.034) |
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Abstract In past decades landscapes have become recognized as essentially liminal systems: there has been an increased appreciation for the embeddedness of lived experiences of places in four-dimensional space-time and the landscape’s connections with perceptions, stories, the material and immaterial pasts, as well as the material and immaterial present and future. Kilpisjärvi is such a place where immaterial pasts, presents, and futures consolidate into lived experiences. Intimate narratives of the local inhabitants and enveloping environment are produced through the intermingling of traditional ways of living and being with the development of modern perspectives and infrastructures. This photo essay glimpses at the flow of interconnected stories of becoming of an Arctic village’s lifeworld. It glances at what has never been built nor written down, what has been built over, the local anecdotes that speak to these, and how this amalgamation of interweaving materiality and disembodiment shape an understanding of Kilpisjärvi and its inhabitants from an insiders and outsiders perspective. The essay takes the reader through the liminal landscapes of reindeer, reindeer herders, tourist organizations, and village life, and its analysis advances our understanding of how these all connect in a meshwork that teaches old and new ways of viewing the environment. |
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A borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of Finland |
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A borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of Finland |
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A borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of Finland |
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A borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of Finland |
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A borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of Finland |
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borderland on the edge of materiality:ancient remains, storied landscapes, and community narratives from the arm of finland |
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