Reframing sovereignty: Indigenous peoples and Arctic states

Nicol, Heather

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.02.010

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“…Neither 'silent' nor 'ignored' (Nicol 2010), the indigenous peoples of the Arctic are important stakeholders in the Arctic governance (see Inuit Circumpolar Council 2009). Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, 17, 1 (2013): 41-68 As new alliances/alignments come to the fore, Asia's 'rise' (especially of China and India) is likely to impact the discourse and practices of Arctic governance in numerous ways (Arctic Governance Task Force 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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China and India in the ‘Receding’ Arctic

Chaturvedi

2013

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations

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In popular, academic and official discourses of climate change, the Circumpolar Arctic-marked by retreating ice, opening sea routes and intense resource geopolitics-has come to embody the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. Both China and India, appropriately termed as 'planetary powers' by some, in view of the global ecological impact and fallout of their fast-growing economies, look able and inclined to be involved in the matters of Arctic governance, but not without inviting wideranging speculations about their motives and agendas. Asia's 'rise' (especially of China and India) is likely to impact the discourse and practices of Arctic governance in a profound manner. The geopolitical rhetoric of Arctic 'exceptionalism' appears rather untenable in the face of transformational multiscalar change, growing number of stakeholders, uncertainty and risks. The Circumpolar Arctic with its new access, new opportunities as well as new vulnerabilities demands and deserves a firm commitment to a dialogic politics and enlightened multilateral diplomacy to which both India and China can and should make a meaningful contribution through bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

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China and India in the ‘Receding’ Arctic

Chaturvedi

2013

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations

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“…Over the past decades, these peoples have become increasingly organised, as exemplified by the oft‐cited declaration on sovereignty published by the Inuit Circumpolar Council in 2009, in which they lay out their own ontology of Inuit sovereignty (see also ICC ; Shadian , ). Other peoples in and of the Arctic have achieved varying levels of self‐determination, including their own modes of governance, which operate largely in tandem with regional, national, and international governance structures (Nicol ; Shadian ; Tennberg 2009). Represented by organisations such as the Saami Council, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Arctic indigenous peoples are making their presence known.…”

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Theorising the Thaw: Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic

Bruun

Medby

2014

Geography Compass

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As the effects of climate change are becoming more and more pronounced, the Arctic region is attracting renewed attention from politicians, transnational corporations, and environmentalists alike, many of whom are based geographically far from the region itself. Interests span from the prospects of vast oil and mineral riches and shorter international shipping routes, to preserving what is often framed as a fragile, pristine environment. As a resource frontier and a wilderness, but also a homeland and a space of culture to its inhabitants, the Arctic is characterised by potentially conf licting geographical imaginaries and visions of both the present as well as the future of the region. Hence, the political geographies of the Arctic are both messy and complex. This paper examines some of the principal themes and issues of Arctic geopolitics and offers a discussion of how scholars of Political Geography have engaged the topic at a time when an increasing number of academics are directing their analytical gaze towards the North. Focusing on publications from the past decade, it aims to contextualise scholarly debates on Arctic geopolitics and illustrate the complexity and richness of the topic.

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“…In addition to these varying degrees of self-government, Inuit also participate in a ‘diffuse international constituency of people, states and organizations’ (Nichol, 2010: 78) that emerged following the Cold War and promised a cooperative regime for Arctic governance (Dittmer et al, 2011). Canada, under Mulroney and Chretien, played a prominent role in the negotiations that led to the creation of the Arctic Council, perhaps the most notable of these institutions.…”

Section: The Investigator Discovery and Arctic Sovereigntymentioning

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The rediscovery of HMS Investigator: Archaeology, sovereignty and the colonial legacy in Canada’s Arctic

Hodgetts

2013

Journal of Social Archaeology

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HMS Investigator, the British Navy vessel that discovered the North-West Passage in 1850, helped to stake Britain's claim to Arctic territory. Her crew's colonial attitudes towards the Indigenous Inuit inhabitants of the region have been perpetuated in archaeological interpretations of the ship's impact on local Inuit communities and in media coverage of the rediscovery of the ship by archaeologists in 2010, which framed the ship as a symbol of Canada's Arctic sovereignty. As climate change continues to fuel international debates about the control of Arctic resources and to negatively impact the Arctic archaeological record, Arctic archaeology promises to become increasingly political. In the Canadian Arctic, a range of collaborative projects that bring together archaeologists and Inuit community groups to better understand the human history of the north have made important steps towards decolonizing our discipline and could ripple outwards to support Inuit demands for a voice in international debates about Arctic sovereignty. Should we choose, these projects could also work to change the way the past is mobilized and presented beyond archaeological circles, contributing more directly to social justice on a broader scale.

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Reframing sovereignty: Indigenous peoples and Arctic states

Cited by 23 publications

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China and India in the ‘Receding’ Arctic

China and India in the ‘Receding’ Arctic

Theorising the Thaw: Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic

The rediscovery of HMS Investigator: Archaeology, sovereignty and the colonial legacy in Canada’s Arctic

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