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”
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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Call for papers: Moving memories
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 …
Puzzling about sustainability: Coastal economies – sea water interaction
EU ACCESS project – Arctic Climate Change Economy and Society November 11, 2014, Borealis, 10am. Organized by Arctic Centre, Dr. Anna Stammler-Gossmann The sustainability framework has become a powerful concept in shaping national and international objectives. Nevertheless, the concept may face considerable challenges in putting together pieces of the sustainability puzzle. There are still several …
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Gateway to the Arctic – multidisciplinary Franco-German seminar at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven
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 …
Meeting old and new friends in Inari
For us from the Anthropology Research Team here in Rovaniemi the Sámi Cultural Centre SAJOS in Inari became a place where we regularly meet friends from the indigenous movement in Russia. Galina Platova from the Association of Nenets people “Yasavey” told me already in Naryan-Mar, that she will come soon to Inari for a conference. …
Oral history – Mapping Endangered Oral Cultures Cambridge
For those interested in oral history, heritage and archiving: Here are some impressions of the "Charting vanishing voices" workshop, held by the Cambridge World Oral Literature Project . The workshop is on recent developments all over the world preserving oral cultural heritage. people from academic projects, practitioners, and data archiving specialists working with advanced multimedia …
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