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Monthly Archives: February 2012
City moose in Anchorage, Alaska
This is Sara Komarnisky, PhD student at UBC, currently in Anchorage doing fieldwork with Mexican migrants and immigrants here. One thing about life in Anchorage that is funny and fits very much with clichés about Alaska are all of the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Fieldwork, North American North, Theoretical Issues
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Reindeer, Herders and War
In the study of many pastoralist societies, the military dimensions of animal husbandry have played an important role. Indeed, if we think for example about the horse among Central Asian nomads, and it’s historical importance, e.g. for the expansion of … Continue reading
Posted in All, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, oral history
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Oral history, European Nenets
Stephan Dudeck greets us from his fieldsite in the European Nenets Autonomous Okrug, North West Russia. He is there for starting the ORHELIA project life history work. He has put some great impressions and a very nice first round of … Continue reading
Posted in All, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North, Spirituality
Tagged Nenets
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Sajos, Sámi Cultural Centre, Inari.
Anthropology Research Team guest and Fulbright Grantee to Finland Paul R. Burgess writes an update from Inari. Sajos is the newly opened Sámi cultural centre and home to the Finnish Sámi Parliament Hall (Solju). Construction was completed in January, and … Continue reading
Posted in All, Fennoscandia, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, Sámi
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Sámi-Ainu Cultural Exchange in Hokkaido, Japan
In January I travelled to Hokkaido Japan with Masumi Tanaka as my interpreter to meet Ainu people and learn more about the Ainu culture and heritage. It was my first trip to Japan, and it truly fascinated me with the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Indigenous Peoples, Sámi
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Conference on religious studies 2012
Rudolf Havelka, who is working on religion, ecology and spirituality among the Forest Nenets hunters and herders, brings the following to our attention: Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to this upcoming EASR (European Association of the … Continue reading
Gas and reindeer herders at the source of the heat for Europe
I just watched a two part programme by the english language Tv channel of Russia, Russia Today. It has some very good footage and visual impression of the situation at the place where most of our European Gas comes from … Continue reading
Posted in All, Extractive Industries, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North
Tagged Film, media
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Jokkmokk Winter Market and Conference
Anthropology Research Team guest and Fulbright Grantee to Finland Paul R. Burgess tells about his experience at the Jokkmokk Winter Conference and Winter Market, Jokkmokk, Sweden. Welcome to Jokkmokk; in Sweden’s northernmost county, a wonderful village, with under 3,000 people, … Continue reading
Field Work in Western Siberia, Roza Laptander
Starting to the tundra from Aksarka’s central square Young generation of reindeer herders from Yamal As a member of the Oral History Anthropology Research Team I am now doing do my field work in Western Siberia, in a little village … Continue reading
Forest Nenets Fishing – report by Rudolf Havelka
Anthropology Research Team phD student Rudolf Havelka is a little bit more than half way through with his fieldwork among the Forest Nentsy in West Siberia. As Rudolf is an enthusiastic fisherman himself, it wasn’t hard for him to get … Continue reading
Posted in All, Extractive Industries, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North
Tagged fishing, Forest Nenets, Yamal
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