Monthly Archives: April 2014

Anthropological know how ‐ Fieldwork among Shamans and questions of research methodology

Posted on April 28, 2014 by

Tuesday April 29th 2014 and Wednesday April 30th 2014 Two open lectures by Prof. Tatiana Bulgakova, Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg

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Report from two workshops at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Helsinki

Posted on April 8, 2014 by

“Permafrost Dynamics and Indigenous Land Use” was the title of a two-day workshop at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Helsinki – which is still ongoing at the time of writing this post (5-11 April 2014). Organised by Joachim Otto … Continue reading →

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Extractive Industries, mobility and work in rural Russia

Posted on April 7, 2014 by

And another lecture on the extractive industries, this time looking at the sending regions of those people who work on the Russian Arctic’s oil and gas fields. What’s the importance of Arctic oil for a remote village in Russia’s south … Continue reading →

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Oil, reindeer herders and flexible Laws on Kolguev

Posted on April 2, 2014 by

It is time for an anthropology team lecture again, this time focusing on Arctic Extractive Industries, in Rovaniemi, Finland, in the Arktikum building. We do this in as part of our Uarctic Thematic Network “Arctic Extractive Industries” and welcome all … Continue reading →

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