A guide to covering extractive industries by investigating journalists. Sadly enough it seems like only organisations and companies are listed members, not research groups or single researchers. http://gijn.org/resources/covering-the-extractive-industries/
Category: Fieldwork
Black Gold or black dirt in East Siberia? Arctic Extractive Industries PhD programme holds course in Neryungyi, Republic of Sakha Yakutia
It was a fascinating week that the Extractive Industries Group spent in Neryungryi, Yakutia, one of the Soviet Union's youngest single industry towns, established in 1975. The Uarctic Thematic Network "Arctic Extractive Industries" thank the North Eastern Federal University, Faculty of Law and department for Northern Studies, for organising of a great course in our …
“Nomadic” Ph.D. Summer School “Field Experiences in Northwest Russia” (FENOR): Call for Applications
The European University at St. Petersburg and the University of Vienna are pleased to announce the first call for a "Nomadic" Ph.D. Summer School "Field Experiences in Northwest Russia" (FENOR) Location and Dates The FENOR summer school is designed as a traveling training course for Ph.D. students and young researchers, which will be conducted at …
ORHELIA’s trip to Lovozero
Last weekend our almost complete research team of the ORHELIA project (only Roza was unfortunately missing) went to Lovozero, the Sami ‘capital’ of Russian Lapland. It was probably my shortest field trip ever, with only one full day at our disposal and almost two entire days spent in a car. The main goal this time …
Anthropological know how ‐ Fieldwork among Shamans and questions of research methodology
Tuesday April 29th 2014 and Wednesday April 30th 2014 Two open lectures by Prof. Tatiana Bulgakova, Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg
Celebrating the Sámi National Day in Murmansk
About the intrigues around this year’s celebration and why they reminded me of one of the darkest chapters of Sámi history. For this year’s Sámi National Day I happened to be in Murmansk and I witnessed the celebrations, which were preceded by some red hot intrigues. The day traditionally starts with the raising of the …
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Barents Stories: How do we see the sea?
Anybody passing by in Rovaniemi is welcome to the opening or later to watching an exhibition by Anna Stammler-Gossmann. Here you find the official press release and further details: The Arctic Centre library presents a new special exhibition on February 20, 2014. ‘Barents Stories – How Do We See the Sea?’ is based on materials …
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