Interaction Within and Between Collectives: Networking in Northern Fennoscandia

Abstract

The project Early Networking in Northern Fennoscandia is concerned with investigating interaction at the regional and interregional levels. Through a number of separate case studies we look into the substance of the interaction, evaluate its extent and diversity, background and organization, and its wider effects. In my case study I approach interregional interaction by looking at networks and collective identities. The following focuses on the importance of collectives in interaction.