ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with how Arctic landscapes and territories are conceived of and conceptually reformulated to adapt to prevailing interests. It argues that the operational logics of place vary in the Arctic, but that there is one common trait that cannot be escaped: Settlements and cities in the Arctic are not as local or as remote as we think they are – they are globally informed and globally networked. The chapter provides an overview of three distinct areas of research for the Future North project: the Kola peninsula, the Norwegian Arctic city of Vardø, and Svalbard. It argues that these places are relational, informed by a global network, and that to understand them as landscapes we need to move beyond their visual allure to the forces of production that configure them.
