Table of Contents

1. The extractivist paradigm – Arctic resources and the planetary mine Sverker Sörlin; Part I. Extractivism: 2. Patterns of Arctic extractivism – past and present Sverker Sörlin, Brigt Dale, Arn Keeling, Joan Nymand Larsen; 3. Extraction cultures in Svalbard: From mining coal to mining knowledge and memories Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Zdenka Sokolíčkovál Part II. Impact: 4. Scenarios and surprises: When change is the only given Annika E. Nilsson, Simo Sarkki; 5. Cumulative effects on environment and people Carl Österlin, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Christian Fohringer, Élise Lépy, Gunhild Rosqvist; 6. How should impacts be assessed? Gunhild Rosqvist, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Leena Suopajärvi, Carl Österlin; Part III. Affect: 7. Affective approaches – rethinking emotions in resource extraction Lill Rastad Bjørst, Frank Sejersen, Kirsten Thisted; 8. Extraordinary underground: fear, fantasy and future extraction Vesa-Pekka Herva, Teresa Komu, Tina Paphitis; Part IV. Community: 9. Remediating mining landscapes Anne-Cathrine Flyen, Dag Avango, Sandra Fischer, Camilla Winqvist ; 10. Heritage for the future – narrating abandoned mining sites Dag Avango, Élise Lépy, Malin Brännström, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Teresa Komu, Albina Pashkevich, Carl Österlin; 11. Mining towns in transition – Arctic legacies Judit Malmgren, Dag Avango, Curt Persson, Annika E. Nilsson, Thierry Rodon; Part V. Code: 12. Beyond mining: Repair and reconciliation Marianne Elisabeth Lie; 13. Postscript – Extractivism after the 'New Arctic' Sverker Sörlin; Index.

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Overview of the 'new extractivist paradigm' which could bring viable futures for Arctic communities, including renewable energies, tourism, and science.

About the Author

Sverker Sörlin is a defining voice in environmental history and a prize-winning author of scholarly and non-fiction books on intellectual history and on the history and politics of climate change. He has a career-long interest in natural resource extraction politics and history, and chaired Sweden's national committee for the International Polar Year 2007-09.