Starting to the tundra from Aksarka’s central square Young generation of reindeer herders from Yamal As a member of the Oral History Anthropology Research Team I am now doing do my field work in Western Siberia, in a little village not far from the capital city of Yamal-Nenets autonomous district. To readers of the Arctic …
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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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Members of the ORHELIA Team Nuccio Mazzullo and Stephan Dudeck took part in the seminar ”Innovations and Traditions of Arctic Reindeer Herding” in the Sámi Education Institute on 20.1.2012 in Inari. It was a great opportunity for us to meet people involved in reindeer husbandry from Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Komi Republic, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Taimyr …
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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 …
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 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 …
"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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