Vacancies for PhD candidates, working in Kazakhstan
Our colleague Peter Finke will launch a new project on the production, processing and trade of food in Kazakhstan. The project offers a really generous 4 full years…
Tag: Announcements
Letter From The President
Dear APLA members and friends, Writing to you on the eve of a hugely consequential election, I want to take … More
new Finnish Sámi research ethics: a reading circle & discussion 19 Sep 2024
Within Finland the new ethical guidelines for research involving the Sámi people in Finland have been widely announced, starting with their launch in June 2024. The guidelines also…
Throw Away or Find a Way to CIRCULARITY
Exhibition by Anna Stammler-Gossmann As humans, we have adopted a linear “take, make and throw away” approach, in contrast to the circular processes observed in nature. In the…
The impact of mobility for people and food in the Arctic, 5-6 September 2024, Rovaniemi
A seminar in the Japanese – Finnish researcher exchange programme funded by ArCSII, Human movement between the Arctic and East Asia due to tourism and business is increasing.…
Submit your paper to the NAPA Student Awards! Deadline June 15, 2024.
The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) offers the annual Student Achievement Awards to recognize undergraduate and graduate student contributions in practicing…
Fieldnotes returning to the field: Tim Ingold and the Skolt Sámi
Those of our readers who read Finnish may have seen this already, but this event may be of some wider relevance: https://www.ulapland.fi/events/Antropologi-Tim-Ingoldin-kenttamuistiinpanojen-luovutust…
Be Loud, Be Proud Professional/Practicing/Applied Anthropologists!
NAPA invites professional, practicing, and applied (PPA) anthropologists to show your colors at the upcoming AAA meeting in Tampa, Florida Wednesday, November 20, 2024 – Saturday, November 23,…
sNAPAshots is back this April 1st!!!
sNAPAshots Season 3 Drops Tomorrow!!
Professional Presentations and Workshops* at the Santa Fe SfAA Meetings 2024
Anthropology Careers Readiness Network (ACRN) and the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) …Present the following sessions, workshops and events! Day Events Tuesday 3/26 …
NAPA is going to the SfAA Annual Meeting!!
Join us at the SfAA Annual Meeting in Santa Fe for panels, presentations and events hosted and co-sponsored by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA).…
Thank You!
Dear Readers, Over the years, some of us (the past and present members of the collective that runs this blog) have been fortunate enough to meet some of…
Circumpolar Arctic Anthropology? Seminar Series addressing the pasts and prospects of an again-divided field
Half of the People and the Land in the Arctic are in Russia. Quo Vadis Arctic Anthropology? Many of us who have worked for years, decades or their…
Join us for the 2023 Careers Exposition
Transcript 0:12 [NAPA Logo] 0:12 [40th Anniversary NAPA Logo Changing Size] [Toronto CN Tower] [On Screen Text] The NAPA Careers Expo is just days away! Join us to…
Well-being of Migrants in the Arctic and Asia, online seminar 13 October
As part of our long term partnership with Japanese Arctic anthropologists, we are part of the ARCSII – funded Research Exchange Programme, led by Hiroki Takakura of CNEAS,…
Making Good Luck in North Korea – online guest lecture by Heonik Kwon 12 October
time: 13.30 Finnish, 11.30 UK, 18.30 Beijing time, 12 October 2023. Online at zoom, meeting id: 641 887 4740, password: 2023. For those in Rovaniemi: join us in…
Anthropology researchers’ letter of support for the striking students in the University Main Building
As a community of researchers in Social and Cultural Anthropology, we stand in solidarity with students who occupy the Main Building of the University of Helsinki. We fully…
Khanty fishing in the Ob’ River system, West Siberia, 6 Sep 2023 Rovaniemi talk by Yuka Oishi
In the current situation we do not get any more new research evidence from our Siberian field sites, unfortunately. Nonetheless Siberia remains THE place in the Arctic where…
reindeer slaughter economy, human and animal welfare, 31 Aug 2023, Arktikum
Welcome to join us for the opening of the reindeer slaughter season 2023 in Finnish Lapland! A group of scientists, reindeer herders, animal practitioners, managers and economists are…
sNAPAshots: Eshe Lewis
TranscriptEshe Lewis 0:01I think what makes a great professional is someone who knows how to identify the the limits of their knowledge. 0:07[NAPA Logo] Eshe Lewis 0:12Really looking…
sNAPAshots: Natalie Muyres
0:00[NAPA Logo] Natalie Muyres 0:00I think there’s just so much to learn about the human experience from anthropology. As an anthropologist, it’s important to be curious to ask…
sNAPAshot: Nazia Hassain
Transcription 0:01[NAPA Logo] Nazia Hassain 0:04Learning how to navigate the job landscape. Especially with having the skill sets that we have which sometimes don’t translate in…across industrie…
East Finnmark – interethnic borderland now and then
A Russian vessel named “Saami” in a Norwegian wharf in Kirkenes in June 2023: the borderland reality on the ground continues as a lived experience even at times…
Anthropology for pressing issues: climate change and inequality, Tuesday 20 June 14:00 Rovaniemi
Prof John Ziker introduces his research and plans in the European Arctic. The anthropology team is pleased to announce a rather spontaneous talk by our visiting professor at…