Encountering spatial practices in northern landscapes

A huge thank you to all the experts, informants, guides and helpers we encountered during our journey through Finmark and Kola:

Ingrid Neeraas Dahl & Øyvind Sundquist, planning department Hammerfest: presenting Hammerfest municipality’s view on planning

Snorre Sundquist, director Husbanken Hammerfest: explaining the role of husbanken in a historical and present perspective

Lene Edvardsen, academic director Husbanken Hammerfest: discussing what connects circumpolar communities: climate, renewal, indigenous issues

Reidar Nilsen, journalist: giving historical background of Hammerfest's shifting monocultures; whaling, fishing and now oil & gas

Jørgen Kristoffersen, municipal business manager Alta: presenting prospects and prosperities of Alta

Halvard Braseth, sociologist: reminding us of Zygmunt Baumann's words on Insecure security / Uncertain certainty / Unsafe safety

Sunniva Skålnes, architect / dr, senior advisor Samediggi Kautokeino: untangling the misconception of northern landscapes as untouched, enabling us to read its inscribed signs of history, narratives: cultures

Unni Steinfjell, duodji teacher Kautokeino: elucidating how practices and survival are connected to the ability to read details in the landscape

Inger Marie Nilut, joiker and teacher: telling about the position of joik in sami culture

Sara Marja Magga, information manager Samediggi: presenting the sami parliament

Tore Jan Gjerpe, engineer and social scientist Asplan Viak Karasjok: giving a radical view on Karasjok in past and present

Robert Jensen & Reidulf Ervik, politician & planning manager Vardø municipality: visioning the prospects of Vardø through projects and processes

Svein Harald Holmen, project manager: highlighting the importance of committed engagement and synergetic processes for renovation of historical buildings and sites
www.sveinharaldholmen.com

Tormod Amundsen, architect: exemplifying how a special interest and expertise develop unexpected potentials; finding, facilitating and promoting ornithological sites
www.biotope.no

Thomas Nilsen: illustrating the big view and prospects in the Barents region: a new border relation of unknown potential
www.barentsobserver.com

Fisherman: Kiberg running high on king crab economy

Jonny Andersen: the northern multiplicity man: fireman, fish-farmer, crab fisher, tourist guide, our excellent bus driver, and a lot more

Vanja Madsen & Guro Vrålstad, project managers Pikene på broen Kirkenes: mind the map; cultural complexity and initiative as a subversive act in a masculine environment
www.pikene.no

Stiger, Bjørnevatn mines: migrant workers and the structure of resource extraction in remote landscapes

Igor Shaitanov: our 24/7 indefatigable guide and gate opener to the undercurrents of Murmansk culture and night life

Dimitriy Borovkov, owner of Power Hit Radio and planner in the governor’s office: an overwhelming source of information and critical reflections about life in Murmansk in combination with a multiple involvement in cultural and political undercurrents

Guide & Elisabeth: introducing the underlying reasons for the appearance of Murmansk as a harbour to the north; the ice-breaker Lenin

Garage man: the Russian man in his kingdom; the garage

Evgeny Goman, theatre producer and director, teacher and idealist: working day and night for the idea of realising the first youth house in Murmansk – in spite of bureaucratic resistance

Planners at the planning department in Murmansk municipality showing plans and ideas for the city’s future development