(A Fantasy) No one can read everything others write in one's field. One of the reasons is that we use too many words to express our thoughts. Papers start with theories and explanations that the reader either knows or doesn't need – because we want to write papers, not abstracts. Books are usually much longer …
Continue reading VSP Journal in Arctic Anthropology – by Nikolai Vakhtin
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 1000s of miles away from the Arctic? The starting point is that we need to …
Continue reading Extractive Industries, mobility and work in rural Russia
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 interested people to join us in the discussion.
Dear readers and friends, The EUSP announces post-doctoral positions in Arctic Social Studies. Here is an excellent job opportunity for recent post doc scholars in a fascinating research environment with really nice people in the team in a wonderful city. Many of our anthropology team had the honour of giving lectures and attending seminars organised …
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Happy new year to all arcticanthropology readers!!! We hope that 2014 brings us again interesting posts and discussions on this blog, and a growing inspiring academic exchange on topics of relevance for people and societies in the Arctic. Our first entry this year is an announcement from colleagues from the Extractive Industries Working Group (IASSA …
Continue reading Extractive industries: Toxic Legacies and Northern Exposures Projects
The extractive industries working group (EIWG) of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) and the Uarctic Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries start their course in the Pan-Arctic PhD programme on Arctic Extractive industries next Monday until Friday. We have a very nice group of instructors and students alike, with participants from Canada, Norway, …
The anthropology research team, organised by Anna Stammler-Gossmann, invites to a workshop (in Russian) with Sámi activist and writer, Aleftina Sergina from Jona village (Kola Peninsula, approx. 30 km from the Finnish border, around 100 inhabitants). Issues that we shall discuss at the meeting with Aleftina include - Lovozero is not the only Sami village …
