Making space along the Kemi River: a fluvial geography in Finnish Lapland
2016; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/1474474016673065
ISSN1477-0881
Autores Tópico(s)Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
ResumoThis article illustrates how the main direction of water flow along the Kemi River has entered into the understanding of space in central Finnish Lapland, evident in expressions used for orientation, as well as in place and family names. The article demonstrates how fluvial space-making resonates with the riverbank inhabitants’ engagement with and stories about the river’s flows, especially in fishing, travel and transport. It also shows how a north–south imaginary corresponds with fluvial space on the Kemi. I propose the term ‘fluvitory’ to shift attention from territory to water flows in understanding space-making and argue that moving water must be acknowledged as an active participant in the stories that make space.
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