Category Archives: Theoretical Issues

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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‘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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We are teaching again, Rovaniemi

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Advanced level studies: (ASPA2013) Identity on the Move: Sense of belonging to place and people January 15 – February 28, 2013 15.01.2013 – Introductory lecture (Dr. Anna Stammler-Gossmann, Dr. Nuccio Mazzullo, Dr. Stephan Dudeck) 24.01.- 29.01. 2013 – Anna Stammler-Gossmann … Continue reading →

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Our first talk in 2013: Joel Robbins: Beyond the Suffering Subject: Anthropology, Rights, and the Comparative Study of the Good

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

The Anthropological Research Team is happy to announce the visit of Joel Robbins, one of the world’s leading scholars in the anthropology of religion and cultural change and soon-to-be professor at Cambridge to the Arctic Center. On Thursday 17 Jan. … Continue reading →

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Lectures and events, autumn 2012, anthropology research team, Rovaniemi

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Open invitation to all, academic and practitioner participants – no RSVP required. Additional posters and announcements for the different events will be posted at the door of the venue. Please see also separate programmes and announcements on the “lectures and … Continue reading →

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Notes on hospitality, performance and potlatch: University of Yakutsk, Russia

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

What is a potlatch? Barbara Miller, author of Cultural Anthropology (2007), describes it as  “a feast in which the host lavishes the guests with abundant quantities of the best food and many gifts.” That’s what I felt reminded of at … 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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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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