Category Archives: Fieldwork

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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“If research doesn’t surprise you, it’s not worth the research” Julie Cruikshank

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

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 →

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Adventure Siberia, 90 minutes documentary

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

TV channel ZDF (second German state channel) screened over the holiday a two-part documentary on Siberia and the fascination that this huge land mass has had on researchers, business people and other adventurers. The programme can be watched online via … Continue reading →

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Making a film from field materials with zero experience and zero budget

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

Is it possible to turn your field data into a film with very moderate technical skills and no budget? We do not expect our first effort at a documentary to be award winning.  But we started in October with a … Continue reading →

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Arctic Design: Field Thoughts and Questions

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

Hi everybody, this is my second appearance in this blog (see the first one http://arcticanthropology.org/2012/03/07/arctic-design-and-indigenous-knowledge/). I have just finished my summer fieldwork in Northern Lapland; so let me share my fresh thoughts. …In 2006, in the beginning of August, I … Continue reading →

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Reindeer herder without legs continues to migrate on the tundra.

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

Does every person who grew up in a curtain place have roots like a tree? Well, trees have roots, which go very deeply to the ground to get nutrition. A human being been has other roots which connect him or … Continue reading →

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Wondering about landscape appreciation

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Hi everyone, I am a first time blogger here. Am based in Cambridge, UK, and doing a PhD there at the moment. I have come back from fieldwork some 6months ago. Before I went off to fieldwork in the northern … Continue reading →

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Arctic logistics

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Even if logistic is not your thing, like in my case, you cannot avoid this challenge if you have to move in this northern area between Finland (Lapland) and Norway (Finnmark). After hours and hours of surfing in internet you … Continue reading →

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ACCESS project – Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Greetings from stormy Bugøynes ‘Havet (‘ocean’ – norweg.) is giving and taking’.  Many people in the coastal area refer to ‘giving and taking’ properties of seawater. The coastal village lives from the sea – cod/salmon/crab fishing, ‘Arctic’ tourism. The King … Continue reading →

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