Dr. Katrín Anna Lund, BA, MA(econ), Ph.D.
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Dr. Katrín Anna Lund, BA, MA(econ), Ph.D. |
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Associate Professor |
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Department of Geography and Tourism, Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences |
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Research Interests/Activities in the Winter project:
Our idea of a project is much in line with some of the key questions listed under WP4. Of special interest for us are: How is Northern Light tourism staged and narrated and how do the providers negotiate natural conditions and constraints? How are scientific knowledge, myths and legends managed in the production of this tourism? We suggest that the Northern Lights can be seen as an assemblage of heterogeneous mobile substances that are mediated through improvisation and choreographies that entangle human and non-human actors. These include for example energetic charged particles, Earth’s magnetic field, tourists, tour providers, weather, transportation systems and images and discourses of mystery and the exotic. In this project we would like to follow some of the ways in which these are negotiated through creative encounters and performances with a special focus on the enactment and shaping of boundaries, such as between nature and culture and expert and lay knowledge. The Icelandic team will conduct a case study in northern Iceland (around Akureyri and Mývatn) as well as taking part in a comparative study with partners from Finland and Norway. |