Starting to the tundra from Aksarka’s central square Young generation of reindeer herders from Yamal As a member of the Oral History Anthropology Research Team I am now doing do my field work in Western Siberia, in a little village not far from the capital city of Yamal-Nenets autonomous district. To readers of the Arctic …
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Anthropology Research Team phD student Rudolf Havelka is a little bit more than half way through with his fieldwork among the Forest Nentsy in West Siberia. As Rudolf is an enthusiastic fisherman himself, it wasn't hard for him to get in tune with this part of Forest Nenets life. Consequently, after 5 months in the …
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Arctic Centre Reports 55 Resettlement from the Russian North: an analysis of state-induced relocation policy Written by Elena Nuykina, edited and with a preface by Florian Stammler The anthropology research team is happy to announce the available download of a new study on relocation, mobility and locality in the Russian North. Arctic Centre Report …
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Where: Yamal Peninsula, West Siberia Who: fieldwork by Nina Meschtyb, text by Nina Meschtyb & Florian Stammler When: July 2011 Anthropologist Nina Meschtyb who joined the anthropology research team in Rovaniemi came back from the field in West Siberia with news about technological change, the social impact of oil and gas industry, and the perspective …
PhD candidate Rudolf Havelka, member of the Anthropology team under the supervision of Florian Stammler sends greetings from the field! Rudolf has recently finished the first part of his field research among the Forest Nenets in Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets AO, in West Siberia, Russia. Rudolf's focus is the relationship between religious thinking, ritual practice and …
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