Arctic Silk Roads : An Anthropology of the Unbuilt / Natalia Magnani and Matthew Magnani

Introduction. Imagining Unbuilt Infrastructures across the Circumpolar North -- Chapter 1. Imagining the Arctic in Northeast China: Ethnic Minorities and the State along the Polar Silk Road -- Chapter 2. Vast Spaces and Inconsistent Anticipations in the Northeast Siberian Arctic -- Chapter 3. Economies of Ghost Infrastructures in Arctic Norway -- Chapter 4. Polar Silk Worlding: Imagination, Infrastructure, and Anticipation in Chinese Arctic Tourism -- Chapter 5. Anticipating Arctic Roads in Sápmi: From Finnish Nation Building to Global Geopolitics -- Chapter 6. The Expansion of the Port of Prince Rupert: Between Economic Development and Alternative Life Paths -- Chapter 7. The Promises and Fears of Infrastructure: An Alaskan Port Expansion, Geopolitics, and Local (Dis- ) Engagement -- Conclusion. The Resonance of the Unbuilt.

As climate change accelerates, melting sea ice is fueling the global imagination and geopolitical anticipation of the Arctic region's accessible transport routes and possibilities for resource extraction. Arctic Silk Roads examines the different conditions under which top-down infrastructural dreams facilitate or constrain individual agencies.

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