Dear readers and followers you may have noticed that in the last years, activity on this blog has become less, while the content of what has been posted has become more focused. In this text we just want to spell out this change and make this orientation clearer, for future posts as well. When we …
Continue reading A bit of history: the changing profile of this blog
Climate change is often described as a slow and uneven process. In recent years, winters in the European North have felt milder, or at least less persistent. Minus 30 might last a day or two, then ease again. Over time, the cold became something manageable, something to be endured for a few days without rearranging …
With all the difficult geopolitical news related to Greenland, the obvious anthropological gaze on autonomy is from the ground, based on people's lived experience on land and sea. Together with Angaartaaq Janussen and Philip Burgess, we have tried to document such a unique story using multiple modes including text, sound, video and imagery, which you …
Ivar Björklund, a Norwegian anthropologist, passed away on February 14, 2026. He made a huge contribution to the study of the history of Northern Norway and the Sámi community. Many of his friends and colleagues said that Ivar was not a typical scholar. He took with him the original ideal of anthropology: to understand people …
It's a time when the Winter Olympics captivate so many of us, and we're glued to our televisions, heartspounding with excitement. I, too, watch the winter sports competitions, feeling my pulse quicken as I count along with the judges: 1, 2, 3... But I don't count the athletes' points; I count the beads, stringing them …
Continue reading Beaded Arctic Journeys: A Story of One Beaded Earring
Here is a link to an online seminar held on October 15th by the Nulungu Research Institute at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, which is titled: From the Arctic to Australia: Four Perspectives on Forest Sentience. Presentations which were 10-minutes each were given by Francis Joy, John Ryan, Åsa Andersson and Janne Sirniö. https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/nulungu_talkingheads/2025/schedule/13/
In Rejkjavik, the well-known Finnish architect Alvar Aalto designed a beautiful house that is all about Nordic countries cooperation, the “Nordic House”. We had the honour to be part of the opening seminar there, for nine new Arctic research projects, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers through its Nordforsk research programme, jointly with Canadian …
Continue reading Paths to a Sustainable Arctic: research avenues
Arctic Anthropology 