Communities of practice in the management of an Arctic environment
Monitoring knowledge as complementary to scientific knowledge and the precautionary principle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9221968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Torill Nyseth (0000-0001-5635-2345, UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Arvid Viken (0000-0001-5970-6014, UiT The Arctic University of Norway) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-75 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s003224741500039x |
| OpenAlex | W2288113843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article addresses knowledge management in governing vulnerable polar areas and tourism. Since the 1870s, 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 issue. The standard modes of managing these areas have either been to apply the precautionary principle or measures based on scientific evidence. As management models, however, both principles are contested for a number of reasons. This paper argues for a third model that is partly based on a form of monitoring knowledge that has circulated in ‘communities of practice’ and that has been developed over time. This form of knowledge constitutes viable expertise for the governing and management of the environment-tourism nexus in the area, but it needs to be acknowledged as a complementary management platform. This article demonstrates how such monitoring can be done, and it suggests some principles for the development of monitoring knowledge for administrative and management purposes
Archipelago · Arctic · Business · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Nexus (standard) · Precautionary principle · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Tourism · Traditional knowledge · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Coastal and Marine Management · Computer Science · Ecology · Environmental Science
Logic, the theory of inquiry
Re-Embedding Situatedness
Perspective—Tacit Knowledge and Knowledge Conversion
Within and Beyond Communities of Practice
Organizing Knowledge
May the Sheep Safely Graze? A Reflexive View of the Expert–Lay Knowledge Divide
Risk, Environment and Modernity
‘Democratising’ expertise, ‘expertising’ democracy
Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems
Is the precautionary principle unscientific
The role of scientific advisory bodies in precaution‐based risk governance illustrated with the issue of uncertain health effects of electromagnetic fields
Three Lenses of Evidence‐Based Policy
Tourism, research, and governance on Svalbard
Introduction
Knowledge, Knowledge Work and Organizations
The Art of Knowing
Situated Learning
Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |