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Accepted Paper:
On færð: melodramas of climate change, weather and mobility in Iceland
Arnar Árnason
(University of Aberdeen)
Paper short abstract:
This paper discusses the idea of færð, road conditions in relation to weather, in Iceland. Drawing on the notions of melodrama and melancholy, the paper relates, how færð, simultaneously hides and reveals concerns over climate change while betraying anxieties over the fate of the national 'thing'.
Paper long abstract:
This paper discusses the notion of færð, primarily road conditions in relation to weather, in Iceland. A frequent topic of everyday conversations in Iceland and a matter of repeatedly updated news, færð brings together a number of key concerns about weather, climate change and mobility in the country. Living in a harsh environment has long been an important aspect of the articulation of national identity in Iceland, while mobility is understood as key to economic progress and prosperity. Drawing on the notions of melodrama and melancholy, the paper relates how færð, simultaneously hides and reveals concerns over climate change while betraying anxieties over the fate of the national 'thing'.