Anthropology Research Team phD student Rudolf Havelka is a little bit more than half way through with his fieldwork among the Forest Nentsy in West Siberia. As Rudolf is an enthusiastic fisherman himself, it wasn't hard for him to get in tune with this part of Forest Nenets life. Consequently, after 5 months in the …
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"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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"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 …
Dr. Florian Stammler has been studying Sakha spirituality along the Gulag Kolyma Road. Pictures and a more detailed description are to follow! Ust Nera:
Where: Yamal Peninsula, West Siberia Who: fieldwork by Nina Meschtyb, text by Nina Meschtyb & Florian Stammler When: July 2011 Anthropologist Nina Meschtyb who joined the anthropology research team in Rovaniemi came back from the field in West Siberia with news about technological change, the social impact of oil and gas industry, and the perspective …
PhD candidate Rudolf Havelka, member of the Anthropology team under the supervision of Florian Stammler sends greetings from the field! Rudolf has recently finished the first part of his field research among the Forest Nenets in Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets AO, in West Siberia, Russia. Rudolf's focus is the relationship between religious thinking, ritual practice and …
The recent ICASS VII (June 22-26, 2011) paid respect to the ever increasing importance and public debate on extractive industries for Arctic residents. Several sessions were especially dedicated to this topic, and as many of us have been active in them, this blog entry shall provide a short start summary and serve as a comment-and-discussion …
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