The advancement of AI and automation is progressively displacing local and traditional knowledge. This shift is particularly noticeable in the Arctic, where technological developments in resource extraction shape the relationship to place. But what new forms of "intelligence" are emerging? What new spaces are we starting to inhabit?
The current Arctic urban development model, driven by extractivism, is significantly impacting urban structures under the guise of “smart city” initiatives, considered as the latest mantra of city makers and academic thinkers. In contrast, the vernacular's ancestral intelligence, seen in Sami’ sustainable reindeer herding practices, or in some traditional techniques of Arctic fishing communities along rivers, offer alternative, more rural, and dispersed models of sustainability that attract people to the region.
The evolution of extractives culture demonstrates how advanced digital systems alter human interactions in the territory, producing tensions but also unexpected and unexplored overlaps.
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