Tag Archives: Fieldwork

“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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The cradle of fly-in/fly-out reindeer herding in Europe: greetings from Khongurei

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

In many works on reindeer herding Komi people are considered as innovators who made reindeer herding not only a way of life but a profitable economy. One innovation that they did in the small village of Khongurei (see my fieldwork … Continue reading →

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Terhi Vuojala-Magga and Stephan Dudeck breaching the image of the North as a home and as a field

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Stephan Dudeck visited Terhi Vuojala-Magga in the Inari region of Finnish Sápmi (Sámi home area) two times during this year.  The first visit was in January in Kuttura – a Sami reindeer herders´ forest village of six houses in the … Continue reading →

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