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Redefining arctic boundaries in a changing climate: interdisciplinary perspectives on governance strategies

Autor(en)
Ugo Nanni, Patricia DeRepentigny, Aapo Lundén, Virginija Popovaitė, Yiyi Shen, Ilker K. Basaran, Natália Duarte Neubern, Llucia Mascorda-Cabre, Alec Bennett, Tiril Vold Hansen, Felicity A. Holmes, Eleni Kavvatha, Alexandra Meyer, Abhay Prakash, Aleksandra Wołoszyn
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The Arctic rapidly transforms due to global warming and increased human activities, triggering complex changes at unprecedented speeds that challenge conventional institutional responses. We analyse these changes through the lenses of social, political, and environmental boundaries and investigate their impacts on both inhabitants' livelihoods and the region's political framework. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, we highlight the complexities of understanding the interplay among global, regional, and local dynamics in an era where human and non-human aspects are entwined. Our analysis concentrates on three areas: definition of the Arctic; legal disputes concerning the waters around the Svalbard Archipelago; evolving natural hazards and societal risk perceptions in Longyearbyen. Through these examples, we underscore the intricate nature of social, political, and ecological changes and how they challenge current boundary-making processes. By combining knowledge from different systems and scales, our research reveals the interplay between policy-driven science, science-influenced policy, and performative behaviors in reshaping today's Arctic borders and boundaries. We particularly emphasize how climate change is challenging borders and advocate for a departure from static definitions, towards the formulation of environmentally conscious, socially just, and politically viable policies, acknowledging the new biophysical realities of the Anthropocene.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Journal
Polar Geography
Band
47
Seiten
127-155
Anzahl der Seiten
29
ISSN
1088-937X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937x.2024.2359926
Publikationsdatum
04-2024
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
504007 Empirische Sozialforschung
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ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geography, Planning and Development, Allgemeine Agrar- und Biowissenschaften, Allgemeine Erdkunde und Planetologie
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