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Krause, Franz ORCID: 0000-0003-0914-7060 . The Tempo of Solid Fluids: On River Ice, Permafrost, and Other Melting Matter in the Mackenzie Delta. Theory Cult. Soc.. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1460-3616

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Abstract

Seasonal and historical transformations of ice and permafrost suggest that the Mackenzie Delta in Arctic Canada can be understood as a solid fluid. The concerns and practices of delta inhabitants show that fluidity and solidity remain important attributes in a solid fluid delta. They are significant not as exclusive properties, but as relational qualities, in the context of particular human projects and activities. Indigenous philosophies of 'the land' and Henri Lefebvre's notion of 'tempo' in Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life (2004) may help to illustrate the predicament of living in a world that is solid and fluid rhythmically, and in relation to particular practices. Economic, political, sociocultural and physical transformations can all be experienced as both solid and fluid, depending on the degree to which they resonate with people's purposes. In a world where everything seems to be changed and changing, solidity and fluidity may best be seen as indications of relative differences in tempo.

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:38-563331
DOI:	10.1177/02632764211030996
Journal or Publication Title:	Theory Cult. Soc.
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1460-3616
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language WATER Multiple languages Cultural Studies Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56333