And another lecture on the extractive industries, this time looking at the sending regions of those people who work on the Russian Arctic's oil and gas fields. What's the importance of Arctic oil for a remote village in Russia's south 1000s of miles away from the Arctic? The starting point is that we need to …
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It is time for an anthropology team lecture again, this time focusing on Arctic Extractive Industries, in Rovaniemi, Finland, in the Arktikum building. We do this in as part of our Uarctic Thematic Network "Arctic Extractive Industries" and welcome all interested people to join us in the discussion.
Dear readers and friends, The EUSP announces post-doctoral positions in Arctic Social Studies. Here is an excellent job opportunity for recent post doc scholars in a fascinating research environment with really nice people in the team in a wonderful city. Many of our anthropology team had the honour of giving lectures and attending seminars organised …
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Sámi Contemporary hosts the art work of 20 Sámi artists. The exhibition opened yesterday with a day-long seminar, and started with an introduction by Hanna Horsberg Hansen on “traditions in transitions”, where she discussed different approaches to understanding contemporary Sámi art. Rather than insisting on a pure historical perspective – i.e. analysing traditions as they …
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Fishing is the livelihood of many Arctic coastal communities in Northern Norway and Northern Russia. The workshop aims to bring together different groups of stakeholders who share common interests in the resources of the Arctic Ocean. The stakeholders from Northern Norway and Northern Russia will discuss the ongoing changes in the marine environment of the …
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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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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