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Krause, Franz ORCID: 0000-0003-0914-7060 (2017). Making space along the Kemi River: a fluvial geography in Finnish Lapland. Cult. Geogr., 24 (2). S. 279 - 295. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1477-0881

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Abstract

This article illustrates how the main direction of water flow along the Kemi River has entered into the understanding of space in central Finnish Lapland, evident in expressions used for orientation, as well as in place and family names. The article demonstrates how fluvial space-making resonates with the riverbank inhabitants' engagement with and stories about the river's flows, especially in fishing, travel and transport. It also shows how a north-south imaginary corresponds with fluvial space on the Kemi. I propose the term fluvitory' to shift attention from territory to water flows in understanding space-making and argue that moving water must be acknowledged as an active participant in the stories that make space.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Krause, Franz UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0914-7060 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-235042
DOI:	10.1177/1474474016673065
Journal or Publication Title:	Cult. Geogr.
Volume:	24
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 279 - 295
Date:	2017
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1477-0881
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language WATER; FLOWS Multiple languages Environmental Studies; Geography Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23504