Across the Arctic, reindeer are more than just animals—they are powerful symbols of the region. Whether domesticated, semi-tame, or wild, they roam throughout Fennoscandia, the Russian North, and parts of North America. In more accessible Arctic destinations, they often feature in tourist safaris and curated experiences that seek to capture the vibe of northern wilderness. …
Our colleague Peter Finke will launch a new project on the production, processing and trade of food in Kazakhstan. The project offers a really generous 4 full years of funding, including an entire year of fieldwork. The rest of the time the candidates would live in Zurich with a Swiss salary working in Prof Finke's …
Continue reading Vacancies for PhD candidates, working in Kazakhstan
Within Finland the new ethical guidelines for research involving the Sámi people in Finland have been widely announced, starting with their launch in June 2024. The guidelines also state that they can be applied across all areas where Sámi reside, i.e. all of Sápmi. Starting at noon Finnish time on the 19th september, at the …
Continue reading new Finnish Sámi research ethics: a reading circle & discussion 19 Sep 2024
Exhibition by Anna Stammler-Gossmann As humans, we have adopted a linear “take, make and throw away” approach, in contrast to the circular processes observed in nature. In the living world, there is no waste disposal site – the waste of one species is the food of another, things grow and then die, and nutrients return …
The final seminar in our 2021-2024 Japan-Finland early career researcher exchange programme Human movement between the Arctic and East Asia due to tourism and business is increasing. Food, especially fishery resources, from the Arctic meet the growing market demand in East Asia. On the other hand, such influences from Asia have a major impact on …
Continue reading The impact of mobility for people and food in the Arctic
by Florian Stammler, Asiarpa Paviasen and Tupaarnaq Kreutzmann-Kleist What connects dams, hydropower, green energy, agriculture, sheep farming and Inuit in Greenland? in the front the water supply pipe leading to the tiny turbine house of the micro-hydropower plant supplying two sheep farms in South Greenland Inuit are better known in the popular and anthropological literature …
Continue reading Inuit Innovation: grassroots hydropower green transition among sheep farmers
Some may remember our entry here with Erik Kielsen about the disastrous early snowfall and freezing event in South Greenland in late 2023. This summer fieldwork in the WIRE project there is on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of modern Inuit animal husbandry, and I am hosted at the Qorlortup Itinnera sheep farm, which …
Continue reading Fieldwork literally: the stony path of working in the field
Arctic Anthropology 