General cryosphere Flashcards
Cryo-history: narratives of ice
Different narratives of ice
Sorlin (2015)
Cryopolitics
First paper to propose cryopolitics
Rees & Bravo (2006)
Building on cryopolitics
Cryopolitics outline.
* Ice has political-legal significance but long understood as inorganic, barren and desolate
* Moving beyond frozen/melted binary
* Cryosphere increasingly connected to global circuits of capital through environmental protection legislation
Bravo (2017)
Polar geopolitics
Larger, comparative themes between Arctic and Antarctica are often resisted, but can be productive.
* Antarctic exceptionality: potently manifested at continental scale
* Arctic exceptionality: more stress placed on national position
Both frequently constructed as being resource-rich peripheries and simplistic narratives.
Powell & Dodds (2014)
Law of the sea
An overview of UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
* Poles have very different geographical, legal, socio-cultural and political environments
* Polar oceans are governed by UNCLOS but in Arctic, regional approaches also apply
* No regional legal regime in Arctic
Law of the Sea will play increasingly important role in helping to reconcile competing demands for resources and for governance of polar regions.
Rothwell (2014)
High places: cultural geographies of mountains
High places: elevated above sea level or elevated at latitude.
* Denotes a relationship between location and human experience across cultures and faiths
* Scientific curiosity and national glory as principal motivations
Cosgrove & Della Dora (2009)
Ice humanities: introduction
Emerging field of enquiry focusing on the social dimensions of ice.
* Myriad relations of humans with ice - much more than simply frozen water
* Narratives of crisis/tripwire
* Also a daily interaction integral for cultures
* Ice viewed as capricious and capable of being ‘calmed’ with respect by Indigenous communities
Dodds & Sorlin (2022)
