The crowded and empty Arctic. Examining research practices, spatial imaginaries, and infrastructures in Kiruna, Sweden
We, as four foreign researchers with research commitments in Kiruna, Sweden, reflexively examine the imaginaries of Kiruna as either empty or crowded while problematizing the Arctic as a homogenous region. While our scholarly interests (mining, space, education, transport infrastructure) and discipl...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:10479312 2024-09-15T17:53:00+00:00 The crowded and empty Arctic. Examining research practices, spatial imaginaries, and infrastructures in Kiruna, Sweden Klinger, Julie Michelle Bennett, Mia Adams, Ria-Maria Armstrong, Eleanor Sophie 2023-11-05 https://doi.org/10.48202/25085 unknown Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/infranorth https://zenodo.org/communities/eu https://doi.org/10.48202/25085 oai:zenodo.org:10479312 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Lychnos, 57-72, (2023-11-05) info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2023 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.48202/25085 2024-07-25T09:15:42Z We, as four foreign researchers with research commitments in Kiruna, Sweden, reflexively examine the imaginaries of Kiruna as either empty or crowded while problematizing the Arctic as a homogenous region. While our scholarly interests (mining, space, education, transport infrastructure) and disciplines are distinct, we reflect on how their convergence in the city indicates broader historical shifts in Arctic imaginaries and the political economies of research, which follow and shape climate geopolitics, development, and cultural practices. In the interstices of these currents, the Arctic – imagined as empty and remote from global metropoles – becomes crowded and connected through mobility to and from as well as within the Arctic, which shapes processes of knowledge production. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Kiruna Zenodo Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria |
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We, as four foreign researchers with research commitments in Kiruna, Sweden, reflexively examine the imaginaries of Kiruna as either empty or crowded while problematizing the Arctic as a homogenous region. While our scholarly interests (mining, space, education, transport infrastructure) and disciplines are distinct, we reflect on how their convergence in the city indicates broader historical shifts in Arctic imaginaries and the political economies of research, which follow and shape climate geopolitics, development, and cultural practices. In the interstices of these currents, the Arctic – imagined as empty and remote from global metropoles – becomes crowded and connected through mobility to and from as well as within the Arctic, which shapes processes of knowledge production. |
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The crowded and empty Arctic. Examining research practices, spatial imaginaries, and infrastructures in Kiruna, Sweden |
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The crowded and empty Arctic. Examining research practices, spatial imaginaries, and infrastructures in Kiruna, Sweden |
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The crowded and empty Arctic. Examining research practices, spatial imaginaries, and infrastructures in Kiruna, Sweden |
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The crowded and empty Arctic. Examining research practices, spatial imaginaries, and infrastructures in Kiruna, Sweden |
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