Structural moves in Norlands

Carless, Tonia

Abstract

This chapter is derived from an interdisciplinary panel group who were participants of an online
symposium Relate North 10: Possible Futures hosted by Yukon University Canada January 27-28
2023. The participants included Magnus Mårtesson (MM), House Moving Contractor (Nya Töre
Husflyttningar) and his son Andreas Mårtensson (AM) who previously worked in this industry: they
have been recorded in an interview in January 2023 and this was set against videos of a single house
move, a 10 km move out of the city of Umeå, into the rural context of Degernäs. It is one of over 400
moves made by Magnus over a 40 year period. He is one of only two housemovers still working in this
traditional way, without the use of heavy cranes and cages.

Citation

Carless, T. (2023). Structural moves in Norlands. In Possible Futures. (10). University of the Arctic’s Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design thematic network (ASAD), Yukon University, and University of Lapland: Insea Publications

• Acceptance Date: Jun 22, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Dec 20, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 20, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jul 10, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 28, 2024
• Series Title: Relate North
• Series Number: 10
• Edition: 10
• Book Title: Possible Futures
• ISBN: 97898953600
• Keywords: Relocation, Housmoving, Un-building
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10927611
• Publisher URL: https://www.insea.org/insea-publications-2-2/