Place Reinvention

Torill Nyseth is Associate Professor at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Arvid Viken is Associate Professor at Finnmark College, Norway.

'This significant collection of interdisciplinary case studies takes a penetrating look at the diversity of place reinvention on the Nordic rim. Referencing key global themes, the essays contribute to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of place reinvention in this and other regions. Fresh, acute, and conceptually illuminating the book deserves to be widely read.' Greg Young, University of Western Sydney, Australia 'This collection of works provides essential reading for those researchers, instructors and students with interests in the concept and production of place in the context of globalization and a new economy. Through studies of "other" places on the "margins" of Europe, the authors convincingly show how 'marginal' in a global world has become an anachronism, whereby every place is a global space. It is timely, rich, and adds to the cannon of work on place and landscape.' Jeff Hopkins, University of Western Ontario, Canada 'In a fascinating interdisciplinary study, a team of Nordic scholars question how, when and why particular localities experience revitalization and re-imagine their identities. Relying on perspectives from urban studies, cultural studies, rural development, sociology, geography, spatial planning, city marketing, tourism, and gender studies, the authors of this new volume have provided detailed case studies to account for what they refer to as 'place reinvention'.' Scandinavian Studies 'I would recommend this book to anyone interested in issues of 'place', but particularly to those unfamiliar with the workings of such debate on the Nordic rim.' Urban Studies

• Preface; Chapter 1 Place Reinvention at the Northern Rim, Torill Nyseth; Chapter 2 The Industrial Imperative and Second (hand) Modernity, Karl Benediktsson; Chapter 3 Place Reinvention by Real Changed Image, Kristina L. Nilsson; Chapter 4 Kirkenes – A Town for Miners and Ministers, Arvid Viken, Torill Nyseth; Chapter 5 Gendered Places, Magnfríður Júlíusdóttir, Yvonne Gunnarsdotter; Chapter 6 Creating ‘The Land of the Big Fish’, Anniken Førde; Chapter 7 Constructing the Unique – Communicating the Extreme Dynamics of Place Marketing, Brynhild Granås; Chapter 8 City Marketing, Krister Olsson, Elin Berglund; Chapter 9 Cool & Crazy, Gry Paulgaard; Chapter 10 Reinventing a Place through the Origin Myth, Turid Moldenæs; Chapter 11 Globalized Reinvention of Indigenuity. The Riddu Ri??u Festival as a Tool for Ethnic Negotiation of Place, Paul Pedersen, Arvid Viken; Chapter 12 Reinventing Rurality in the North, Mai Camilla Munkejord; Chapter 13 The Narrative Constitution of Materiality, Arvid Viken, Torill Nyseth;