Category Archives: North American North

“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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‘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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Human agents or resources in Arctic extractive industries?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Human Resources in Arctic extractive industries – a PhD course under the Uarctic Thematic Network “People and the Extractive Industries” It was a small but extremely diverse group that we got together between September 10-16 in St John’s, the capital … Continue reading →

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Determining the wellness of Arctic Communities

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Colleague Stephanie Irbacher-Fox from Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, sent around this call for papers for an interesting conference. Basically all topics relating to the wellbeing and viability of livelihoods in the North are welcome. They also invite contributions from the non-Canadian … Continue reading →

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News on Arctic extractive Industries

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

Some news on extractive industries, indigenous people and impact studies in the Arctic have piled up recently, which I would like to share here. Most of these works are related to members of our Extractive Industries Working Group (EIWG) of … Continue reading →

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City moose in Anchorage, Alaska

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

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 →

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Resource extraction in the Arctic: ReSDA

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

“When we talked to the communities about their research priorities, climate change wasn’t mentioned a single time”                                   Chris Southcott, ReSDA project leader In November Yellowknife is a nice fairy-tale winter town, the administrative centre of the North West … Continue reading →

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Report from the Field: Looking for Alaska…in Mexico

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Hello everybody, this is Sara Komarnisky, phD student from British Columbia, Canada. I would like to share some impressions from the field here, comments are welcome, particularly concerning “the North in the South”, and vice versa, as well as migration … Continue reading →

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Research partnerships & indigennous peoples

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

The anthropology research team invites everybody to a lecture and discussion about research partnerships of indigenous peoples with scientists! Monday, 22 August, 14:00 Thule meeting room, Arktikum building Rovaniemi The occasion is a visit by Jill Taylor-Hollings from the Department … Continue reading →

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 10pm in Thule room, presentation of Jodie Asselin, from University of Alberta

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

We would like to invite you to a presentation by Jodie Asselin (University of Alberta, Canada) that will take place on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 10pm in Thule room. Jodie Asselin is an anthropologist who is working on perception … Continue reading →

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