The Svalbard treaty and identity of place: Impacts and implications for Longyearbyen, Svalbard

IF 1.4 4区 环境科学与生态学 Q3 ECOLOGY
Dina Brode-Roger
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Abstract The Svalbard Treaty established Norway’s full and absolute sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. At the same time, it also established special territorial status for the archipelago, providing nationals of all signatory nations equal access to its resources. During fieldwork in Longyearbyen, conducted as part of a bottom-up exploration of place in 2018, several recurring issues came up in the analysis of interviews with residents using grounded theory methodology. Two of these issues, sometimes linked and sometimes seen as separate, were a questioning of the legitimacy of the community and a sense of geopolitical vulnerability. These emerging categories led to a series of focus groups, conducted between December 2018 and November 2019, that was designed to explore the impacts and implications of the Svalbard Treaty through the articulation of residents’ lived experiences in Longyearbyen. This paper examines the findings that emerged within an Identity of Place framing that point to an inherent conflict between the Svalbard Treaty’s special territorial status and the possibility of establishing a fully functioning local democracy in Longyearbyen.
斯瓦尔巴条约与地方认同:对斯瓦尔巴群岛朗伊尔城的影响与启示
《斯瓦尔巴条约》确立了挪威对北极群岛斯瓦尔巴群岛的完全和绝对主权。同时,它还确立了群岛的特殊领土地位,使所有签署国的国民都能平等地使用其资源。在朗伊尔城进行的实地调查中,作为2018年自下而上的地方探索的一部分,在使用扎根理论方法对居民访谈进行分析时,出现了几个反复出现的问题。其中两个问题,有时相互联系,有时被视为独立的,是对社区合法性的质疑和地缘政治脆弱性的感觉。这些新兴类别导致了2018年12月至2019年11月期间进行的一系列焦点小组讨论,旨在通过阐述朗伊尔城居民的生活经历,探讨《斯瓦尔巴条约》的影响和影响。本文考察了在地方认同框架下出现的发现,这些发现指出了斯瓦尔巴条约的特殊领土地位与在朗伊尔城建立一个充分运作的地方民主的可能性之间的内在冲突。
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Polar Record
Polar Record 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
1.40
自引率
25.00%
发文量
26
审稿时长
>36 weeks
期刊介绍: Polar Record is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly periodical publishing results from a wide range of polar research areas. The journal covers original primary research papers in the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, and polar technology, as well as papers concerning current political, economic, legal, and environmental issues in the Arctic or Antarctic. Polar Record endeavours to provide rapid publication, normally within nine months of initial submission.
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