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ANTHROPOLOGY CULTURE AND SOCIETY THE PARADOX ...

'Engaging  rich and nuanced  this book exposes the deep dilemmas facing this Arctic
archipelago. A must for anyone with an interest in the challenges of a melting world.
Ethnography at its best'  Marianne E. Lien  Professor  University of Oslo    'Rich and deeply
textured ... Zdenka Sokolí¿ková demonstrates how the logic of extraction intersects awkwardly
with community  environment  geopolitics and sustainability'  Klaus Dodds  Professor  Royal
Holloway University of London    'Lucidly captures the dilemmas of maintaining community in the
world's northernmost settlement  where climate change is particularly evident. Highly
recommended!'  Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard  Professor  University of Bergen    Longyearbyen in the
Arctic is the world's northernmost settlement. Here  climate change is happening fast. It is
clearly sensed by the locals  with higher temperatures  more rain and permafrost thaw. At the
same time  the town is shifting from state-controlled coal production to tourism  research and
development. It is rapidly globalising  with numerous languages spoken  and with cruise ships
sounding their horns in the harbour while planes land and take off.    A small town of 2 400
inhabitants on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard  Longyearbyen provides a unique view into
the unmistakable relationship between global capitalism and climate change. The Paradox of
Svalbard looks at local and global trends to access a deep understanding of the effects of
tourism  immigration and labour on the trajectory of the climate crisis  and what can be done
to reverse it.    Zdenka Sokolí¿ková is a researcher at the University of Hradec Králové 
Czechia  and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research in Longyearbyen was
hosted by the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo  Norway.     

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