Thisbookdiscussesapproachestowardslandscapesunderpressureandtransformation,andtheimportanceofunprejudicedandexperimentalinvestigationstorevealitsnaturalandculturalcomplexity.LayeredLandscapesLofoten,UnderstandingofComplexity,OthernessandChangeaimstochallengeinternalizedconceptsabouthowlandscapesareconsideredandinvestigated,toopenforalternativeresearch,andlegitimizesubjective,singularandexperimentalapproachesasvalidandappreciatedasafoundationforaninformedprocess.Theseapproachestakeintoconsiderationboththelandscapeandthepracticestakingplaceinthelandscape,thatareconsistentlyfullofindividualandcollectivestoriesandexperiences--thecomplexitycreatedinbothtimeandspace,whichinfluencesoursocietiesnotonlyastracesofhistoricalevents,butaspresentrealitiesandevenexpectationsandwhatistobecome.Undertheconceptsofcomplexity,imbrication,vulnerability,fieldwork,flexibilityandreorientationideasaredeveloped,allbasedinthecontemporaryandhistoriclayersofthedramaticandcontestedlandscapesoftheLofotenIslandsinNorthernNorway--wherepressurefrompoliticaldecisionsandstructuralchanges,increasingtourism,apotentialnewoilindustryanduncontrollableglobalforces’impactonnatureandsocietiesandcausecontinuoustransformationandalterationoflandscapesandtopography,surroundingthetraditionalandmodernfishingcommunities.
