Talande platser : Berättelser om platskommunikation

• Main Author: Sirniö, Janne
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi 2021
• Subjects: Voice of a Place; Place awareness; Metaphysical voice; Immanence; Rhizome; Phenomenology; Actor Network Theory (ANT); Ethnology; Humanities and the Arts; Humaniora och konst; Etnologi; Arctic
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-435116

This ethnological study represents personal experiences about the voice of a place and its instrumentality in the Swedish Arctic, based on interviews and observations. The appearance of the voice is connected to the existential meeting between humans and different kinds of bodies, from non-physical beings with metaphysical appearance to non-human bodies such as silicates (sand), rhizomes and animals. The metaphysical voice of a place can be understood as the genius of a place, a spirit or ancestor. It can be understood as a real sound in old forests, tactile feeling in the underground mine and as a whole culture dwelling in a region. The instrumental agency of the place-voice acts through personal characters found in places and is a potential tool in creating liminal places and use of the place creativity.