Thinking like a river : an anthropology of water and its uses along the Kemi River, Northern Finland

This thesis explores in what ways Kemi River dwellers in the Finnish province of Lapland use and have used the waters of their home river, and how their skills and experiences are reflected in their conceptualisation of the riverine world. Based on a year of ethnographic fieldwork, I portray river d...

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Main Author: Krause, Franz
Published: University of Aberdeen 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531875