TY - T1 - The Arctic mineral resource rush and the ontological struggle for the Viiankiaapa peatland in Sodankylä, Finland SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/339972 T3 - A1 - Lassila, Maija A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - The Nordic states and the Arctic have recently received increasing attention as a consequence of the rush to excavate newly discovered mineral resources in the Global North. Local land struggles related to the expansion of the extractive industry need to be assessed and constitute the focus of the present article. I examine the deeper levels of conflict between the mineral resource rush and local people. I highlight local people's plural ways of being in relation to the land through an ethnograp... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 5203 Global Development Studies; Extractivism; Arctic; mining; resistance; participation and power; ontologies; MINING CONFLICT; REFLECTIONS; EXTRACTION; RIGHTS N1 - PP - ER -