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New PhD Position at the University of Kiel in Human Reindeer Interactions

Posted on September 9, 2019 by

The University of Kiel, Germany announces a PhD Position “Human-reindeer interactions in contemporary and ancient Siberian communities” in the fields of Cultural Anthropology, Zooarchaeology, Archaeology The term is fixed for a period of 3,5 years (42 months).Reindeer are intensively herded … Continue reading →

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Arctic youth well-being reserach project WOLLIE goes to Kola Peninsula

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

Last week, the mid-term meeting of our research project on youth in Arctic industrial settlements (WOLLIE) took place in Kirovsk and Revda, two mono-industrial cities in the Murmansk Region, North-West Russia. While discussing our project goals and achievements so far, … Continue reading →

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Lapland’s cultural codes: ‘unlocking’ experiences in Rovaniemi

Posted on September 5, 2019 by

Our Arctic Studies Programme in Rovaniemi has already started. Most of the participants are international students, for whom it is the first time not only in Rovaniemi, but also in Finland.               Unlocking your own … Continue reading →

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‘People of the Changing Permafrost Land’ (Churapcha, Republic of Sakha Yakutia, Russia, June 18-19, 2019) ICE LAW subproject ‘Local and Indigenous Perspectives’

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by Anna Stammler-Gossmann The third community meeting ‘People of the Changing Permafrost Land’ (June 18-19, 2019), which was organised by Anna Stammler-Gossmann (Arctic Centre) and local partners, took place in a remote northern village of Churapcha, administrative centre of the … Continue reading →

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‘Norwegian fjords: Living with Changes’ (Bugøynes, Norway, June 7 – 8, 2019) ICE LAW subproject ‘Local and Indigenous Perspectives’

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by Anna Stammler-Gossmann The second community meeting ‘Norwegian fjord: Living with Changes’, organized by the Arctic Centre (Anna Stammler-Gossmann) took place in the remote coastal fishing village of Bugøynes (Finnmark, Norway) on June 7-8, 2019. How is seawater perceived and … Continue reading →

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Climate, Fish and Fisheries: Local and Indigenous Perspectives (Rovaniemi, Finland, April 16-17, 2019)

Posted on August 27, 2019 by

by Anna Stammler-Gossmann The first meeting ’Climate, Fish and Fisheries: Local and Indigenous Perspectives’ (organizer Anna Stammler-Gossmann) took place in April 16-17 in Lapland, at the Arctic Centre (Rovaniemi, Finland). Thematic issues of the community meeting were focused on different … Continue reading →

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Community meetings: ICE LAW subproject ‘Local and Indigenous Perspectives’

Posted on August 27, 2019 by

by Anna Stammler-Gossmann The Indigenous and Local Perspectives subproject (ICE LAW: Indeterminate and Changing Environments) documents perspectives informed by understandings of land, water, and ice, and explores responses to changed geophysical and political environments (https://icelawproject.org/about/). Shifting water-ice-scape was discussed from local, … Continue reading →

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