Month: October 2020

Markku Lehmuskallio in Rovaniemi – Pre-screening meeting with the film maker

On By FstammleIn All, Announcements, Guests, Indigenous Peoples, Spirituality2 Comments

for many of our readers Markku Lehmuskallio won’t need an introduction. He is a world acclaimed film maker, and a friend of our team. Some of you may remember their previous visit, when we hosted them with some reindeer meat. See here https://arcticanthropology.org/2012/08/31/anastasia-lapsui-and-markku-lehmusskallio-guests-of-the-team-in-rovaniemi/ This time Markku continues his loyalty to us in the North and …

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Future of circumpolar youth in a changing climate

On By FstammleIn All, Indigenous Peoples, North American North, youth wellbeing

just wanted to share this, have a look. A nice project, idea to have very short clips of young people talking about life. But as worrying as it is - did they really tell something new? Probably not. But that wasn't the point maybe. It seems to be more that they think not enough is …

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Future of Arctic Youth in Rural Areas

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This initiative sounds very promising. I think we would need a publication that explores anthropologically the specifics of gender organisation in Arctic societies, not only in villages but also the tundra / taiga as well as towns and cities. The podium discussion "Current Challenges and Future Perspectives of Arctic Youth: Rural Areas and LGBTQI+ Communities" will take …

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The Experience of Displacement and Social Engineering in Kola Saami Oral Histories

On By lukasallemannIn Announcements, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Publications, Russian North, Sámi, Theoretical Issues1 Comment

Public defence of the doctoral dissertation by blog contributor Lukas Allemann on 15 Oct 2020 Our team member and periodic blog contributor Lukas Allemann examines in his thesis people’s experiences of Soviet-time, state-initiated displacement and (re)emplacement on the Kola Peninsula as well as the consequences of these developments. Sources show that Saami communities bore the …

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