Thinking Like a River: An Anthropology of Water and Its Uses Along the Kemi River, Northern Finland

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Frontmatter Full access Pages 1 - 6 Download chapter (PDF)
Contents Full access Pages 7 - 10 Download chapter (PDF)
Figures No access Pages 11 - 12
Foreword No access Pages 13 - 14 Oliver D. Liebig
Preface No access Pages 15 - 18
1. Introduction No access Pages 19 - 36
2. River dwellers: Living along the "stream of life" No access Pages 37 - 64
3. A fluvial topology: The river as space-maker No access Pages 65 - 82
4. Shaping and reshaping the river: Towards an environmental history No access Pages 83 - 112
5. Fishing the Kemi River: Engagement and empathy with a flow No access Pages 113 - 136
6. Boating along the Kemi River: Claiming and understanding water through navigation No access Pages 137 - 154
7. Timber floating down the river: Managing flow and friction of people, wood and water No access Pages 155 - 172
8. Roads across the catchment: Acceleration, transformation and the seasonal world No access Pages 173 - 194
9. The power of water: Hydroelectricity, river management and displacement No access Pages 195 - 224
10. Rhythms, regularities and regulation: The temporality of the river No access Pages 225 - 256
11. Conclusion No access Pages 257 - 270
References No access Pages 271 - 294