Moving Nature

Marit Ruge Bjærke is a Researcher in Cultural Studies at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway. Her research focuses on how environmental issues are understood and acted upon. She recently published Nature Gone Wild? Alien Species and We who Move Them (2025, in Norwegian).

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction. Anthropocene Movements in the Scandinavian Patch Marit Ruge Bjærke, Frida Hastrup and Kyrre KverndokkChapter 1. Pigs on the Move: A Legible Danish Anthropocene Frida HastrupChapter 2. Moving Energy in Norway: The Electrification of Bergen since the Nineteenth Century Yngve NilsenChapter 3. Moving the Arctic: Gustaf Kolthoff and the Scales of Natural History Anders EkströmChapter 4. Hiding in Plain Sight: Slag as Anthropocene Heritage Lars KaijserChapter 5. Understanding the Local Anthropocene: A Brief Natural and Cultural History of a Ravine Landscape in Norway Henrik H. Svensen, Kyrre Kverndokk and Karianne S. LilleørenChapter 6. Fields, Fish and Fodder: How Nordic Arctic Sheep Were Disconnected from Coastal Landscapes Marianne Elisabeth LienChapter 7. A Scandinavian Settlerocene: Swedish Migrants in Early 20th Century Argentina and the Transformation of Landscapes Jenny Ingridsdotter and José Ignacio CurtoChapter 8. ‘Evil Herbs’: Eradicating an Invasive Plant (Glebionis segetum) in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway Anne EriksenChapter 9. Moving Oysters: Turning an Invasive Alien Species into a Local Resource Marit Ruge BjærkeConclusion. Implications of Moving Nature in Scandinavia  Marit Ruge Bjærke, Frida Hastrup and Kyrre KverndokkIndex

‘[This book] provides valuable examples on how to approach the Anthropocene as a humanities scholar, and it takes an approach to the Anthropocene as a productive concept that itself moves and mobilizes humanities questions, study cases, ways of research and disciplinary collaborations.’ — Sabine Höhler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology