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Culture, Development and Petroleum: An Ethnography of the High North (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media) - Softcover

Book 2 of 25: Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media

Sornes, Jan-Oddvar; Browning, Larry; Henriksen, Jan Terje

 
9781138210271: Culture, Development and Petroleum: An Ethnography of the High North (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138210277 ISBN 13: 9781138210271
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

The discovery, just forty years ago, of vast oil and gas reserves in the Southwestern part of Norway, and more recently in the Arctic High North region, created an economic titan and posed a vast array of challenges for both the Norwegian government and the residents of this area. How to extract and transport all that oil and gas without despoiling the pristine environment? How to use this wealth in a socially responsible and sustainable way? How to prepare the rural High North citizens―traditionally fishermen and farmers―for a global, high-tech economy?

Adopting an original narrative approach to qualitative research, this book tells the stories of 21 individuals either living or having a genuine interest in the High North, from mayors and entrepreneurs to farmers and fishermen. Through these first-hand meetings, it constructs an ethnographic study that reveals how petroleum and development have impacted on the regional economy and culture.

This book will be of interest to all stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, and for students and scholars of organization studies, cultural and communication studies, environmental anthropology, natural resource management and sustainable development.

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About the Author

Jan-Oddvar Sørnes is Associate Professor of Organizational Communication at the University of Nordland, Norway.

Larry D. Browning is Professor of Organizational Communication at the University of Texas and Adjunct Professor of Management at the University of Nordland, Norway.

Jan Terje Henriksen is Managing Director for Research and Patient Safety at Nordland Hospital Trust and Adjunct Professor at the University of Nordland, Norway.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138210277
ISBN 13 
9781138210271
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
244