From October 13 to October 19, 2017, the Uarctic Thematic network "Arctic Extractive Industries" held a masters/Phd course on the topic of Security, Governance and Geopolitics in relation to Arctic Extractive Industries. This time the organizers invited participants to Iceland. The course brought together students and faculty from Arctic universities and research centers from 10 …
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resource development versus other community sustainability options’?
This is the general topic of the next course in our PhD programme by the Uarctic Thematic Network "Arctic Extractive Industries. It's going to take place this time again in the wonderful town of St John's Newfoundland, Canada. PhD students who have an interest in participating (this time self-funded, I hope you find funds to …
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Human agents or resources in Arctic extractive industries?
Human Resources in Arctic extractive industries - a PhD course under the Uarctic Thematic Network "People and the Extractive Industries" It was a small but extremely diverse group that we got together between September 10-16 in St John's, the capital of Newfoundland, Canada. The participants to the course came from 5 different institutions and 7 …
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Notes from the Arctic Dialogue conference 2011, Bodo, Norway
If we think about the impacts of extractive industries in the Arctic, for us anthropologists this means first and foremost looking at what industry does on the ground with people for whom the places on top of the deposits are their homeland. As anthropologists, we don't need to be told that cultural, social effects and …
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Arctic Anthropology 