Month: October 2012

We are teaching again (September – December)

On By arcticcentreIn Announcements, Indigenous Peoples, Sámi, teaching

Arctic Studies Program ASPB1104 Peoples, Culture and Identities of the Arctic http://www.uarctic.org/members.aspx?m=790 Anna Stammler-Gossmann (September – October) The concept of indigeneity: From definitions to norms and to identity (object of international law; between transnational and local; who is indigenous?) North as space (geographical, economic, legal and mental space; homeland and frontier) Human-nature relations and environmental …

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Singing the Nganasan bear dance song in Hamburg.

On By Roza LaptanderIn All, Announcements, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North2 Comments

On the first week of October the Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik of HamburgUniversity (Germany) held the 4th International Conference on Samoyedology. It was nice to see many familiar and well known Russian, Hungarian and German linguists who do their research on Siberian languages documentation, describing and linguistic analyzing, also on multilingualism and language policy regarding the …

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

On By fstammleIn All, Guests, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Spirituality, Theoretical Issues6 Comments

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 Arctic Centre, the other keynote lecturers being Elina Helander Renvall and Suvi Ronkainen. Harding placed …

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