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Doing anthropology with children

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

In case that many of scientists or people who are doing research are also parents, it is not a surprise that sometimes their children follow their parents’ example. Of course, they do this without any special purpose, but they are … Continue reading →

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RAIPON indigenous peoples association new president

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

For those interested, the Russian Indigenous Peoples Association (RAIPON) got a new president a week ago, at a very important time in the organisation’s biography, because it had been closed down for formal reasons by Russian authorities late last year. … Continue reading →

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‘Are glaciers ‘good to think with? – Julie Cruikshank in Rovaniemi

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

We are honoured and pleased to have Julie Cruikshank for the better part of the first week of April with us here in Rovaniemi. It won’t pay enough respect to her fame to introduce her here briefly. There is enough … Continue reading →

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Designers go North (travel notes)

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

Hello everybody, Glad to be here again in order to share my impressions and reflections on a recent fieldtrip to Northern Lapland (the summer part can be found here: http://arcticanthropology.org/2012/09/07/arctic-design-field-thoughts-and-questions/). This time it was a month-long travel between Finland, Sweden … Continue reading →

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Effects of Mining on Reindeer Herding Grounds in Jokkmokk in Sweden

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Prospecting for minerals and stones has exploded in Sweden. Many foreign prospecting and/or mining companies come to Sweden in search for a new Klondike - even though in a more modern “suit” than the historical one at Dawson City in Canada at … Continue reading →

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Supporting Visual Anthropology, Tromsø

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Dear readers, some of you may remember the film on Khanty fishing in the Yamal-Nenets Okrug, Siberia, Russia by an Estonian graduate, Janno Simm. That film “Autumn on Ob River” came out in 2004 as a masters work at the … Continue reading →

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International conference about Indigenous Sacred Sites in the Arctic

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland will organize an international conference on indigenous sacred sites in the Arctic. The conference “Protecting the sacred: Recognition of Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples for Sustaining Nature and Culture in Northern and … Continue reading →

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Mining and local people in the North

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Some of our team were recently at the Jokkmokk winter conference, which is held in connection to the famous Jokkmokk winter market, an important event in the Sámi yearly cycle for the last 400 years. The Jokkmokk winter market has … Continue reading →

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Simeon Buckley. Presentation in the Arctic Centre: Kangaroo Burgers and Supporting Indigenous People

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

(Simeon Buckley is a master’s student from RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) and is working as a research assistant to Anna Stammler-Gossmann on a research project – Coastal communities of the Barents region and marine resources use: Seascape and fishing rights. … Continue reading →

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The Snow Terminology in Nenets

Posted on February 1, 2013 by
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