CAS session: 5.1 Critical Arctic research in action: security, development and cooperation
Convener: Monica Tennberg, Co-convener(s): Rauna Kuokkanen, Sanna Kopra, Marjo Lindroth
Session description:
Given the unprecedented transformation in the Arctic region, a multifaceted approach to comprehending and addressing security, development, and cooperation in the area is essential. Critically oriented Arctic research draws on a variety of perspectives, including Indigenous, gender, intersectional, socio-legal, and post-human views. This research problematizes and challenges the dominant state-centric, anthropocentric, and managerialist discourses and colonial practices in Arctic politics and governance, such as re-militarization, green colonialism, and global extractivism. Integrating these critical perspectives into contemporary scholarly and political debates fosters a more comprehensive and inclusive understanding the region and its challenges, and is crucial for achieving sustainable and equitable futures in the Arctic. We invite conceptual, methodological and empirical presentations that examine these topics, and beyond, to our session.
This is on an open session, and we welcome abstracts by 5 January 2024. More information: Call for Abstracts — Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
Thematic Network on Critical Arctic Studies 