Blar i forfatter "Viken, Arvid"

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    • Communities of practice in the management of an Arctic environment: monitoring knowledge as complementary to scientific knowledge and the precautionary principle? 

      Nyseth, Torill; Viken, Arvid (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-03)
      This article engages with knowledge management in governing vulnerable polar areas and tourism. Since the 1870’s Svalbard has been a cruise tourism destination. Due to less ice during the summer period, the number of tourists visiting the remote northeast corner of the archipelago has increased significantly and the potential negative impact on this vulnerable natural environment has become an ...

    • Cultural sensitivity: Engaging difference in tourism 

      Viken, Arvid; Höckert, Emily; Grimwood, Bryan S.R. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-20)
      Cultural sensitivity is highly relevant but inadequately conceptualized in tourism contexts. This article explores and advances understanding of cultural sensitivity in relation to Arctic tourism where local and Indigenous livelihoods and environments are tethered to dynamics of recent tourism growth and decline, climate change, and colonial power relations. Framing cultural sensitivity as a ...

    • Tourism appropriation of Sámi land and culture 

      Viken, Arvid (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-20)
      This article addresses cultural and other forms of appropriation related to tourism in the Sámi areas of Norway (Sápmi). Tourists are chasing and consuming otherness – places, culture and nature different from their home environments. Thus, exposures of arts, culture, nature and places are vital parts of tourism production. Within this context, indigenous cultures are praised. When the use of land ...