Young people, wellbeing and placemaking in the Arctic / edited by Florian Stammler, Reetta Toivanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stammler, Florian, Editor.

Contributor:

Stammler, Florian, editor.

Toivanen, Reetta, editor.

Series:

Routledge research in polar regions.

Routledge research in polar regions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Political activity.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 249 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Taylor & Francis 2021

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2022]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Youth are usually not (yet) decision makers in politics or in business corporations, but the sustainability of Arctic settlements depends on whether or not youth envision such places as offering opportunities for a good future. This is the first multidisciplinary volume presenting original research on Arctic youth. This edited book presents the results of two research projects on youth wellbeing and senses of place in the Arctic region. The contributions are united by their focus on agency. Rather than seeing youth as vulnerable and possible victims of decisions by others, they illustrate the diverse avenues that youth pursue to achieve a good life in the Arctic. The contributions also show which social, economic, political and legal conditions provide the best frame for youth agency in Arctic settlements. Rather than portraying the Arctic as a resource frontier, a hotspot for climate change and a place where biodiversity and traditional Indigenous cultures are under threat, the book introduces the Arctic as a place for opportunities, the realization of life trajectories and young people's images of home. Rooted in anthropology, the chapters also feature contributions from the fields of sociology, geography, sustainability science, legal studies and political science. This book is intended for an audience interested in anthropology, political science, Arctic urban studies, youth studies, Arctic social sciences and humanities in general. It would attract those working on Arctic sustainability, wellbeing in the Arctic, Arctic demography and overall wellbeing of youth.

Contents:

Introduction: The quest for a good life: Contributions from the Arctic towards a theory of wellbeing / FLORIAN STAMMLER AND REETTA TOIVANEN

Motives for migrating among youth in Russian Arctic industrial cities / ANNA SIMAKOVA, MARIA PITUKHINA AND AYTALINA IVANOVA

Not wanting to be “Stuck”: Exploring the role of mobility for young people’s wellbeing in Northern Finland / TERESA KOMU AND RIA-MARIA ADAMS

Leaving or staying? Youth agency and the livability of industrial towns in the Russian Arctic / ALLA BOLOTOVA

Towards a sustainable future of the Indigenous youth: Arctic negotiations on (im)mobility / REETTA TOIVANEN

Youths’ and their guardians’ prospects of reindeer husbandry in Finland / TANJA JOONA AND PIGGA KESKITALO

Indigenous youth perspectives on extractivism and living in a good way in the Yukon / SUSANNA GARTLER WITH TAIYA MELANCON AND EILEEN PETER

Youth law, policies and their implementation in the Russian Arctic / AYTALINA IVANOVA, TATYANA OGLEZNEVA AND FLORIAN STAMMLER

The quest for independent living in Finland: Youth shelter as a critical moment in young adults’ life courses / MIIA LÄHDE AND JENNI MÖLKÄNEN

Planning for the future: Future orientation, agency and self-efficacy of young adults leaving care in the Russian Arctic / MERI KULMALA AND ANNA FOMINA

Youth wellbeing in “Atomic Towns”: The cases of Polyarnye Zori and Pyhäjoki / RIA-MARIA ADAMS, LUKAS ALLEMANN AND VELI-PEKKA TYNKKYNEN.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Taylor & Francis, viewed December 27, 2022).

ISBN:

1-00-311001-0

1-000-46467-9

1-003-11001-0

9781003110019

OCLC:

1269093486