Prof John Ziker introduces his research and plans in the European Arctic. The anthropology team is pleased to announce a rather spontaneous talk by our visiting professor at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi for the summer.

John chair of Anthropology at Boise State University, Idaho, USA. Since the 1990s he has worked among Arctic hunters and herders in Siberia, and has published extensively about food-sharing and exchange networks, among other topics. He is the editor of the recently published landmark volume “Siberian World” (Routledge, 2023). Earlier, he has also edited with Florian Stammler the volume “Histories from the North” (2011). Now he came to the Arctic Centre as guest professor for the summer 2023 and is going to introduce an interdisciplinary project funded in the NSF programme “Navigating the New Arctic”, to which the Anthropology Research Team at the Arctic Centre is a partner. The topic there is the interdisciplinary study of the impact of climate and industrial development on reindeer herding. With decades of work experience in other parts of the Arctic and elsewhere (Mozambique), this talk will mark the start of his exploration of the European Arctic as field for anthropological research. Welcome to the Arctic Centre coffee room on Tuesday, 20 June, 14:00