Unfortunately interdisciplinary approaches are often declared but rarely put into practice. That’s why I was especially happy to take part in a joint endeavour of linguists and anthropologists at the Foundation of Siberian Cultures in Germany to organize a seminar and a joint publication project on language preservation and education activities in indigenous communities in …
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Karina Lukin’s defense of her dissertation on the Nenets of Kolguev Island
Members of the Anthropological Research Group of the Arctic Centre Rovaniemi Florian Stammler, Roza Laptander, Nina Messhtyb and Stephan Dudeck took part in the defense of Karina Lukin’s dissertation at the University of Helsinki on 10 December 2011. She published her dissertation under the titel “Elämän ja entisyyden maisemat – Kolgujev nenetsien arjessa, muistelussa ja kerronnassa” …
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Исследование устной истории Империй
Исследование устной истории Империй Исследовательская группа антропологов Арктического центра в г. Рованиеми (Финляндия), возглавляемая Др. Флорианом Штаммлером, получила грант от Академии наук Финляндии на финансирование международного исследовательского проекта ORHELIA. Аббревиатура ORHELIA раскрывается как “Oral History of Empires by Elders in the Arctic” (Устная история Империй, рассказанная стариками Арктики) с подзаголовком «Сравнительная история взаимоотношений государства с …
Industrial development impact assessment – seminar
"Anthropological and legal aspects of industrial development impact assessment" Organisers: Arktis graduate scho ol, Arctic Centre NIEM and Anthropology Research Team Time: 19 December 2011 Place: Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland Registration abstract submission, travel, logistsics and practical organisation: tahnee.prior[at]gmail.com Deadline for abstracts: 7.12 The anthropology research team in Rovaniemi together with the Northern Institute for …
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Resource extraction in the Arctic: ReSDA
"When we talked to the communities about their research priorities, climate change wasn't mentioned a single time" Chris Southcott, ReSDA project leader In November Yellowknife is a nice fairy-tale winter town, the administrative centre of the North West Territories in Canada's North, with around 20 000 inhabitants smaller than Rovaniemi. It hosted the …
Exhibition: Art, the North, people and the state
Northern art exhibition, Rovaniemi "Flying Stories" Rovaniemi Art Museum, 4.11.2011-29.1.2012 We went to watch an exhibition by three painters on Arctic topics, from three different regions: Greenland, Lapland and the Russian North-West. It's called "Flying Stories" and exhibits paintings by Tyko Vylko, Andreas Alariesto and Johan Markussen. According to the museum, the exhibition is targeted …
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Arctic Centre Reports 55; Resettlement from the Russian North
Arctic Centre Reports 55 Resettlement from the Russian North: an analysis of state-induced relocation policy Written by Elena Nuykina, edited and with a preface by Florian Stammler The anthropology research team is happy to announce the available download of a new study on relocation, mobility and locality in the Russian North. Arctic Centre Report …
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Arctic Anthropology 