River Management. Technological Challenge or Conceptual Illusion? Salmon Weirs and Hydroelectric Dams on the Kemi River in Northern Finland

摘要: This paper takes the management of Kemi River in Finnish province Lapland as an example for asking what environmental is or can do, practice and theory. It argues that – if understood controlling phenomenon following a ready-made plan not suitable concept understanding interactions between river people on its banks. Either, has to be defined widely dialogue human non-human actors, it must discarded illusion modernist, positivist ideology projects static categories world. juxtaposes dams used salmon fishing those hydroelectricity production River. illustrates adaptability former river’s processes then shows how very different technology rhetoric latter appears when comes relations with river. In spite significantly larger impacts whole, will argued upon closer look, operation system power stations much common weirs.