Category Archives: Spirituality

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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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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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What’s the difference between science and religion? Thoughts about indigenous knowledge systems

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

Several of our anthropology research team members just came from a lecture by Prof Sandra Harding from UCLA on different science and knowledge systems, which was really inspiring. It was part of an Indigenous Knowledge Systems Workshop here at the … Continue reading →

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Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmusskallio – guests of the team in Rovaniemi

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

We all know and admire the films by Markku Lehmuskallio and Anastasia Lapsui about the life and history of the Nenets people. On the 30th August 2012 they came to the Arcrtic Centre in Rovaniemi for a preview of their … Continue reading →

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Oral history, European Nenets

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

Stephan Dudeck greets us from his fieldsite in the European Nenets Autonomous Okrug, North West Russia. He is there for starting the ORHELIA project life history work. He has put some great impressions and a very nice first round of … Continue reading →

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Conference on religious studies 2012

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Rudolf Havelka, who is working on religion, ecology and spirituality among the Forest Nenets hunters and herders, brings the following to our attention: Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to this upcoming EASR (European Association of the … Continue reading →

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Dolphins enter Akureyri port as Kulan conducts blessing at ICASS congress

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

During the recent ICASS congress a good friend of the anthropology research team, Alexandr Artemiev from Yakutia, called Kulan, blessed the 396 delegates during the banquet with a ceremony. Kulan is a representative of the new Sakha spiritual movement that … Continue reading →

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