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 …
Category: Theoretical Issues
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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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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Nature special, Arctic: discussion
The top-journal "nature" recently published a special issue on the Arctic, yet another proof on how important our field region is. I liked Henry Huntington's piece on Arctic residents' knowledge and how important this is for understanding the changes happening in the North. A good overview, and touching on the crucial issues for the future. …
Dolphins enter Akureyri port as Kulan conducts blessing at ICASS congress
During the recent ICASS congress a good friend of the anthropology research team, Alexandr Artemiev from Yakutia, called Kulan, blessed the 396 delegates during the banquet with a ceremony. Kulan is a representative of the new Sakha spiritual movement that unites an animistic worldview rooted in Sakha shamanic spirituality with elements of a global spiritual …
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ORHELIA: ORal History of Empires by Elders in the Arctic
Hurraa! The anthropology resaerch team is VERY pleased and positively surprised about the big honour to have got a significant research grant by the research council for culture and society at the Academy of Finland. What will this be about? This research contributes to developing a comparative history of relations between states and their remote …
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Movement in the Arctic: World Routes
World Routes is the name of a conference on movement in the Arctic organised by the University of Tartu, department of anthropology. This was a very nice example of an intimate group of people engaging for two days in a very focused way in discussions on what it means to be on the move in …
Arctic Anthropology 