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Three guest lectures

On October 12, 2022 By lukasallemannIn AllLeave a comment

This semester we are proud to host two cutting-edge anthropology scholars as visiting professors here at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi, Lapland: Hiroki Takakura, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University and Otto Habeck, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg Anyone is welcome to join a series of three lectures by our …

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The 10th Arctic Workshop of the University of Tartu, Estonia ANIMALS OF THE ARCTIC: FROM SYMBIOSIS TO SYMBOLS, 2

On February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 By Stephan DudeckIn All, Announcements, conferences

12–13 June 2020 Khanty reindeer herder The Arctic is a region that is commonly associated with animals. It is typical for people in the south to imagine (sub)arctic inhabitants living together with polar bears and reindeer (if not with penguins). Indeed, for thousands of years, human life in the boreal regions has been dependent on …

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Call for Papers: Arctic Workshop of Tartu University “Gatekeepers”

On January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 By Stephan DudeckIn All, Announcements, conferences, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North, Theoretical Issues

Arctic Workshop of Tartu University: Gatekeepers 3rd-4th of June 2016 It is well known that ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation are central to anthropological research. In practice, this means that the scholar lives in a particular community, participates, makes observations, and documents their findings. Therefore, the published research is usually associated with the scholar and …

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The FENOR school is over – next edition to come

On September 1, 2015September 5, 2015 By lukasallemannIn All, Announcements, Fieldwork, Russian North, teaching

The “nomadic” Ph.D. Summer School “Field Experiences in Northwest Russia” (FENOR) has been a full success After two weeks of extensive travelling and working together on different aspects of Northern Anthropology, our very diverse group has grown into a tight-knit team. At the end of our school it was hard to believe that most of …

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Call for papers: Moving memories

On April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 By lukasallemannIn Announcements, conferences, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North, Sámi, Theoretical Issues

22-23 OCTOBER 2015 The Arcticanthropology members are proud to host a session at the 12th Annual ETMU Days Conference, which takes place this year at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, on 22-23 October 2015. Dear scholars and arcticanthropology followers, The call for papers for the 12th Annual ETMU Days Conference is now open. This year’s overarching …

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Transience and immigration in the Svalbard Archipelago

On March 16, 2015March 17, 2015 By Stephan DudeckIn All, Extractive Industries, Fennoscandia, Fieldwork, Guests

ArcticAnthropology is proud to present a guest blog  from Ben Corwin on life, migration and relation to the environment on one of the Arctic's northernmost human settlements: Svalbard. Ben Corwin is a Senior at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. He is majoring in mathematics and biology with concentration in environmental studies. Though Williams College …

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Post Doc positions, Arctic Social Studies, EU St Petersburg

On March 20, 2014 By FstammleIn All, Announcements, Russian North

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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Celebrating the Sámi National Day in Murmansk

On February 11, 2014February 13, 2014 By lukasallemannIn Announcements, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North, Sámi

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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An Unexpected Encounter at the Flight Training Unit

On December 9, 2013February 27, 2014 By lukasallemannIn All, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North, Sámi1 Comment

Some Testimonies About Forced Anti-Alcoholism Measures Among Saami People in the Soviet Union In one of my first encounters with an elder Saami on the Kola Peninsula (Russia) about five years ago I was told about an institution with the weird name Prophylactic Medical Labour Camp (russ. lechebno-trudovoi profilaktorii, or just LTP). What I was …

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Gateway to the Arctic – multidisciplinary Franco-German seminar at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven

On October 24, 2012October 25, 2012 By Stephan DudeckIn All, Announcements, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North, Theoretical Issues1 Comment

Roza Laptander and Stephan Dudeck from the Anthropology Research Team in Rovaniemi participated in the Franco-German seminar “Gateway to the Arctic” from 17th -19th September in Bremerhaven. It aimed at enabling the dialogue of natural and social scientists in Arctic research. Roza Laptander presented a poster about the snow terminology in Nenets language and the …

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