The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social
formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow
the construction of functioning communities. But through
innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have
coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in
Northern Norway, Iceland, the Faroes and Greenland. Living
conditions in the Nordic Atlantic are so extreme that one might ask
whether the notion of society is applicable under these
circumstances. The author argues that, yes, there is a meaningful
way of comprehending these social formations, which is through the
spatial and temporal practices that produce, reproduce, stabilize,
destabilize and change them. He introduces the concept of coping,
which means neither mastering nor adapting but relates to
in-between strategies and tactics reflected in practices of
securing people's way of life under conditions that are never
totally under their control.
'Baerenholdt's compelling work addresses themes and ideas that
extend well beyond the North Atlantic...His well-researched,
intriguing study delves into theories of social formation as well
as the histories and intricacies of historical and modern Nordic
societies... and] presents the complexity of social formation in
the Nordic Atlantic in an in-depth and approachable format.'
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'In many ways, Baerenholdt's work constitutes a departure from
traditional approaches to thinking about territory and society
making. It challenges the dominant, traditional views of societies,
namely theoretical perspectives on societies as contained within
given territories and shaped largely by external forces.' Canadian
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