During fieldwork for our Arc Ark research project, I walk the street in Sakkyryr, the central village of the Eveno-Bytantay Ulus (District) of the Sakha Republic, Yakutia, East…
Surely most of us have followed the terrible news about drowning refugees desperate to picture by Mauricio Lima for The New York Times, bicycles from refugees pile up…
The next course in our PhD programme with a focus on the social sciences of Arctic The Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), (Florian Stammler) extractive industrial development will…
Svetlana Zhavoronok. Important resources for Arctic people The European University in St Petersburg launches a new masters programme on northern Anthropology! The Programme is coordinated by Nikolay V…
Dear all readers worldwide. Drumming up candidates for the Director post of Arctic Centre Rovaniemi (thanks, Yamal Iri for lending this Image) The University of Lapland advertises internationally…
The previous blog topic by Anna on humans and animals is very prominent in the programme of the upcoming super-interesting “Beyond Perception” conference at the University of Aberdeen,…
Léon Fuchs, from Versailles My name is Léon Fuchs and I will soon be 24 years old. I am a new intern at the Arctic Centre and I…
Anybody who has moved on a sledge, or even snowmobile, in spring in the Arctic, knows the answer to that question. Perfect migration condition in spring: why burn…
The University of Lapland invites proposals for workshops for this interesting conference, in October 2015. I think we Arctic Anthropologists have a lot to say about this! Would…