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Paradox of Svalbard

Climate Change and Globalisation in the Arctic

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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The town of Longyearbyen in the high Arctic is the world's northernmost settlement. Here, climate change is happening fast. It is clearly seen and sensed by the locals; with higher temperatures, more rain and permafrost thaw. At the same time, the town is shifting from state-controlled coal production to tourism, research and development, rapidly globalising, with numerous languages spoken, cruise ships sounding the horn in the harbour and planes landing and taking off. Zdenka Sokolíčková lived here between 2019 and 2021, and her research in the community uncovered a story about the conflict between sustainability and the driving forces of politics and economy in the rich global North. A small town of 2,400 inhabitants at 78 degrees latitude north on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, Longyearbyen provided a unique view into the unmistakable relationship between global capitalism and climate change. The Paradox of Svalbard looks at both local and global trends to access a deep understanding of the effects of tourism, immigration, labour and many other elements on the trajectory of climate crisis, and whether anything can be done to reverse them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-07-20
Mått142 x 217 x 17 mm
Vikt250 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAnthropology, Culture and Society
Antal sidor224
FörlagPluto Press
MedarbetareEriksen,ThomasHylland
ISBN9780745347400

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Zdenka Sokolíčková is a researcher at the University of Hradec Králové, Czechia, and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research in Longyearbyen was hosted by the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway.Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962 – 2024) was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He was among the most highly cited anthropologists of his generation, and his classic and accessible textbook Small Places, Large Issues remains a cornerstone in anthropology courses. His later books, including Overheating, tackled the important issue of climate change within the discipline.

FiguresAbbreviationsSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsForeword by Thomas Hylland Eriksen Introducing the Fieldwalk: Field, Companions and PathPart I: Fluid Environments1. Fairy Tales of Change2. Once Upon a Time - So What? Why and How Changing Environments Matter3. The Viscosity of the Climate Change Discourse Part II: Extractive Economies4. The Art of Taking Out: From Extracting Coal to Extracting Knowledge and Memories5. Big Powers and Little People: Scaling Economic Change6. Sustainability with a Footnote: Leaving out JusticePart III: Disempowered Communities7. The Trouble with Local Community8. In the Neighbourhood9. 'Make Longyearbyen Norwegian again': Denying SuperdiversityConclusion: The Paradox of SvalbardAfterword by Hilde HenningsenReferencesIndex

'In a rich and deeply textured account of the human communities that call Svalbard “home”, Zdenka Sokolíčková demonstrates how the logic of extraction intersects awkwardly with community, environment, geopolitics and sustainability. If Svalbard is a paradox then it will demand explicit recognition of the competing interests, pressures and wishes that make the archipelago and its communities such intriguing places to live, work and study.'