Collaborative Research Methods in the Arctic (Paperback)

Anne Merrild Hansen

ISBN 10: 0367546493 / ISBN 13: 9780367546496

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2022

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Paperback. This book addresses the growing demand for collaborative and reflexive scholarly engagement in the Arctic directed at providing relevant insights to tackle local challenges of arctic communities. It examines how arctic research can come to matter in new ways by combining methods and engagement in the field of inquiry in new and meaningful ways. Research informs decisions affecting the futures of arctic communities. Due to its ability to include local concerns and practices, collaborative research could play a greater role in this process. By way of example of how to bring new voices to the fore in research, this edited collection presents experiences of researchers active in collaborative arctic research. It draws multidisciplinary perspectives from a broad range of academics in the fields such as law and medicine over tourism and business studies, planning and development, cultural studies, ethnology and anthropology. It also shares personal experiences of working in Greenland and with Greenlanders, whether communities, businesses and entrepreneurs, public officials and planners, patients or students.Offering useful insights into the current problems of Greenland representative of the arctic region, this book will be beneficial for researchers and scientists involved in arctic research. This book addresses the growing demand for collaborative and reflexive scholarly engagement in the Arctic aimed at providing relevant insights to tackle local challenges of arctic communities. It examines how arctic research can come to matter in new ways by combining methods and engagement in the field of inquiry in new, meaningful ways. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collaborative Research Methods in the Arctic (Paperback)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367546493
• ISBN 13: 9780367546496
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book addresses the growing demand for collaborative and reflexive scholarly engagement in the Arctic directed at providing relevant insights to tackle local challenges of arctic communities. It examines how arctic research can come to matter in new ways by combining methods and engagement in the field of inquiry in new and meaningful ways.

Research informs decisions affecting the futures of arctic communities. Due to its ability to include local concerns and practices, collaborative research could play a greater role in this process. By way of example of how to bring new voices to the fore in research, this edited collection presents experiences of researchers active in collaborative arctic research. It draws multidisciplinary perspectives from a broad range of academics in the fields such as law and medicine over tourism and business studies, planning and development, cultural studies, ethnology and anthropology. It also shares personal experiences of working in Greenland and with Greenlanders, whether communities, businesses and entrepreneurs, public officials and planners, patients or students.

Offering useful insights into the current problems of Greenland representative of the arctic region, this book will be beneficial for researchers and scientists involved in arctic research.

About the Author

Anne Merrild Hansen is professor in planning and impact assessment in the Arctic at Aalborg University and the head of the Research Platform AAU Arctic at Aalborg University. Her research is focused on social impact assessment in relation to extractive industries in the Arctic.

Carina Ren is associate professor at the Centre for Innovation and Research in Culture and Living in the Arctic at Aalborg University and the platform coordinator of AAU Arctic. Carina researches connections between tourism and other fields of the social through cultural innovation, knowledge collaboration and capacity building.