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The anti-landscapes of the Arctic: understanding circumpolar sea–land relationships from a Lacanian perspective




AuthorsXue Chenru

EditorsSavitri Jetoo, Jaana Kouri, Silja Laine, Nina Tynkkynen, Anna Törnroos

Publication year2023

Book title Understanding Marine Changes: Environmental Knowledge and Methods of Research

First page 43

Last page66

ISBN978-1-03-531110-1

Web address https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/understanding-marine-changes-9781035311101.html

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/180975922


Abstract

Anti-landscapes are spaces that do not sustain life (Nye, 2014). In the circumpolar regions, the transformation between landscape and anti-landscape occurs both materially and symbolically, shaping the Arctic into a contradictory space. How can the Arctic anti-landscape be understood within the Lacanian triad of three orders? In what ways does the study of anti-landscape offer new perspectives on the wicked problems of the Arctic marine environment? This chapter tries to answer these questions by mobilizing visual culture and human geography, offering an interdisciplinary understanding of Arctic anti-landscape. Through the interpretations of different types of Arctic anti-landscape in the context of industrialism and the Arctic exploration, I tend to seek the potentials to energize the land–sea sustainability of the Arctic regions.


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