Tag Archives: Yakutia

Arctic Security and Anthropology

Posted on January 29, 2020 by

Our colleagues Gunhild Hoogensen Gjorv with Marc Lanteigne  launched the Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security, of which they are the main editors, and where there are some chapters relevant for  (and co-authored by) us. Gunhild said that the starting point … Continue reading →

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Do animal livelihoods in the Arctic suffer from global warming?

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

This was one of the questions covered in an interdisciplinary exhibition on the effects of global warming and melting permafrost in Yakutia, on display in the Hokkaido museum of northern peoples. The exhibition with the title Thawing Earth – Global … Continue reading →

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Siberia Geography Postdoc wanted

Posted on August 13, 2017 by

Our colleagues in Vienna have this interesting job opening in a project that combines anthropology and GIS in the area of the East Siberian railway region (BAM, AYAM). Interested? then read on

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Black Gold or black dirt in East Siberia? Arctic Extractive Industries PhD programme holds course in Neryungyi, Republic of Sakha Yakutia

Posted on November 21, 2014 by

It was a fascinating week that the Extractive Industries Group spent in Neryungryi, Yakutia, one of the Soviet Union’s youngest single industry towns, established in 1975. The Uarctic Thematic Network “Arctic Extractive Industries” thank the North Eastern Federal University, Faculty … Continue reading →

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Oral History workshop, 23-24 September 2013, Rovaniemi

Posted on September 16, 2013 by

Everybody with a serious interest is invited to the following event: Workshop “Intangible oral culturalheritage: documentation, archiving and preservation techniques” Organised by the ORHELIA project team & anthropology research team Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland Venue: Arctic Centre, … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Ust Nera, Russia

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Dr. Florian Stammler has been studying Sakha spirituality along the Gulag Kolyma Road. Pictures and a more detailed description are to follow!               Ust Nera:

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