Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: A Historical Appraisal
The article offers a historical review of the practice of prioritizing scientific advice in land-use policies of the Arctic. It uses the high-arctic Svalbard archipelago as its main case study. It articulates the need for historians to contribute insights into the ways scientific communities have se...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/32295 2024-01-28T10:00:10+01:00 Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: A Historical Appraisal Wråkberg, Urban Sven Fredrik 2023-10-05 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/32295 https://doi.org/10.18254/S207987840027803-2 eng eng Ltd "Integration: Education and Science" Электронный научно-образовательный журнал «История» Wråkberg USF. Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: A Historical Appraisal. Электронный научно-образовательный журнал «История». 2023;14(8) FRIDAID 2205637 doi:10.18254/S207987840027803-2 2079-8784 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/32295 openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed acceptedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.18254/S207987840027803-2 2024-01-04T00:08:06Z The article offers a historical review of the practice of prioritizing scientific advice in land-use policies of the Arctic. It uses the high-arctic Svalbard archipelago as its main case study. It articulates the need for historians to contribute insights into the ways scientific communities have set much of the international agenda of Arctic and Antarctic matters over the last century. From a cultural heritage standpoint, today’s situation on Svalbard illustrates some problems of the currently widely accepted ideas of global (Arctic) governance. The author raises the question whether the idea of a globally governed Circumarctic based on scientific diplomacy, will not result in a “sectorally” divided High North — a future that, as Arctic historians know, has a past in Arctic geopolitics from which lessons can be learned. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Arctic Svalbard University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Antarctic Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago ISTORIYA 14 8 (130) 0 |
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The article offers a historical review of the practice of prioritizing scientific advice in land-use policies of the Arctic. It uses the high-arctic Svalbard archipelago as its main case study. It articulates the need for historians to contribute insights into the ways scientific communities have set much of the international agenda of Arctic and Antarctic matters over the last century. From a cultural heritage standpoint, today’s situation on Svalbard illustrates some problems of the currently widely accepted ideas of global (Arctic) governance. The author raises the question whether the idea of a globally governed Circumarctic based on scientific diplomacy, will not result in a “sectorally” divided High North — a future that, as Arctic historians know, has a past in Arctic geopolitics from which lessons can be learned. |
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Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: A Historical Appraisal |
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Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: A Historical Appraisal |
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Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: A Historical Appraisal |
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Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: A Historical Appraisal |
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