The University of Lapland invites proposals for workshops for this interesting conference, in October 2015. I think we Arctic Anthropologists have a lot to say about this! Would someone like to propose a workshop, or then later submit a paper? http://etmudays.etmu.fi/ 12th International ETMU Days conference 22–23 October 2015 University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland Conference …
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February 16-17 2015, Thule room, Arctic Centre Arctic Centre (University of Lapland, Rovaniemi) organizes 3rd workshop in the series ‘Arctic Ocean and coastal communities’ on February 16-17, 2015. The workshop is a great opportunity to bring together local and academic knowledge and in this way deepen our knowledge about Arctic fisheries. Seminar is part of …
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We are very happy to announce that we started working on a new project funded within the Finnish Academy's Arctic programme, called Arctic Ark. Human-animal adaptations to the Arctic environment: natural and folk selection practices (Arc-Ark) The Arctic is often seen as a biodiversity-poor region, where animal husbandry is solely based on herding of reindeer …
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