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Author Archives: Stephan Dudeck
“If research doesn’t surprise you, it’s not worth the research” Julie Cruikshank
I would like to share with you some of the things we learned from Julie Cruikshank and other elders from the Yukon Territory to better understand oral history from the North. To search for surprising insights, to be open to … Continue reading
Gateway to the Arctic – multidisciplinary Franco-German seminar at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven
Roza Laptander and Stephan Dudeck from the Anthropology Research Team in Rovaniemi participated in the Franco-German seminar “Gateway to the Arctic” from 17th -19th September in Bremerhaven. It aimed at enabling the dialogue of natural and social scientists in Arctic … Continue reading
Meeting old and new friends in Inari
For us from the Anthropology Research Team here in Rovaniemi the Sámi Cultural Centre SAJOS in Inari became a place where we regularly meet friends from the indigenous movement in Russia. Galina Platova from the Association of Nenets people “Yasavey” … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Fennoscandia, Guests, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North
Tagged conference, indigenous people, Lapland, Nenets, Orhelia, reindeer herding
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The cradle of fly-in/fly-out reindeer herding in Europe: greetings from Khongurei
In many works on reindeer herding Komi people are considered as innovators who made reindeer herding not only a way of life but a profitable economy. One innovation that they did in the small village of Khongurei (see my fieldwork … Continue reading
Terhi Vuojala-Magga and Stephan Dudeck breaching the image of the North as a home and as a field
Stephan Dudeck visited Terhi Vuojala-Magga in the Inari region of Finnish Sápmi (Sámi home area) two times during this year. The first visit was in January in Kuttura – a Sami reindeer herders´ forest village of six houses in the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Fennoscandia, Fieldwork, Sámi, Theoretical Issues
Tagged Anthropology of the North, Fieldwork, Lapland
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Conference in Riga “Oral History – Dialogue with Society”
I’m just back from the conference “Oral History – Dialogue with Society” in Riga that took place from 29th till 30th March. The conference was hosted by the Latvian National Oral History Centre of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology … Continue reading
Posted in All, Announcements, Fieldwork, oral history, Theoretical Issues
Tagged conference
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Innovations and Traditions of Arctic Reindeer Herding
Members of the ORHELIA Team Nuccio Mazzullo and Stephan Dudeck took part in the seminar ”Innovations and Traditions of Arctic Reindeer Herding” in the Sámi Education Institute on 20.1.2012 in Inari. It was a great opportunity for us to meet … Continue reading
Posted in All, Fennoscandia, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North
Tagged indigenous people, Khanty, Nenets, reindeer herding, Siberia, tourism, tracking
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SEC Seminar – Preserving Endangered Languages and Local Knowledge: Learning tools and community initiatives in cross-cultural discussion
Unfortunately interdisciplinary approaches are often declared but rarely put into practice. That’s why I was especially happy to take part in a joint endeavour of linguists and anthropologists at the Foundation of Siberian Cultures in Germany to organize a seminar … Continue reading
Karina Lukin’s defense of her dissertation on the Nenets of Kolguev Island
Members of the Anthropological Research Group of the Arctic Centre Rovaniemi Florian Stammler, Roza Laptander, Nina Messhtyb and Stephan Dudeck took part in the defense of Karina Lukin’s dissertation at the University of Helsinki on 10 December 2011. She published … Continue reading
Posted in All, Announcements, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Publications, Russian North, Theoretical Issues
Tagged Europe, Nenets
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