Professorship in California
Our colleagues would like us to widely announce these two job adverts in indigenous studies The Global Studies Department at the University of California, Irvine will be hiring…
Tag: Announcements
Tracking Digital Psy: Mental Health and Technology in an Age of Disruption by Dörte Bemme
Laurie Frick, “Mood + Quantify” (2011-13), Lasercut paper, wood, blocks, laminate. Covid-19 and the associated social distancing orders have normalized and accelerated the use of digi…
Call for Nominations: Editor(s) of Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
The APLA Board of Directors seeks nominations for the next editor(s) of the Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR). We aim to announce the appointment by February 2021.…
Arctic view on Russia’s changed constitution
The population of Russia officially supported the suggested changes in the world’s largest country’s constitution, with almost 78% of those who voted. Half of the circumpolar Arctic, incl…
Working Definitions: Making and Unmaking “Medical Anthropology” around the World by Paschal Kum Awah
Somatosphere Special Series – Call for Contributions Editors: Professor Paschal Kum Awah (Chair, Anthropology, University of Yaoundé I) and Elizabeth Durham (PhD Candidate, Anthropology, Pri…
Tromso job offer: Associate Professor Anthropology
Many of our team have cooperated with anthropologists from Tromso in one way or the other. Now the department there advertises a job at the level of associate…
Ysyakh 2020 – solstice festival online
Midsummer, solstice on the 21 June is for many northern peoples and cultures an important holiday. In Finland it’s called Juhannus and a state holiday. In Yakutia, where…
Permafrost thaw responsible for Norilsk oil spill, impacting indigenous fishing?
Talking to a friend in Se Yakha, at the shore of the Ob Bay close to the Kara Sea, I realised how far the consequences of the recent…
COVID-19 impacts in the Arctic: anthropological research gaps / ideas?
Dear all, I’m contributing to an expert document on the impacts of COVID-19 in the Arctic. I think it is essential that we highlight research gaps that we…
Nenets mothers’ education: another PhD defense
After recently having celebrated the world’s first Nenets PhD defense, now we can witness another one, in three days time, 14 May 11.15 Norwegian time! Zoya Vylka Ravna…
Successful doctoral Dissertation Defense: When we got reindeer, we moved to live to the tundra – The spoken and Silenced History of the Yamal Nenets
Roza Laptander’s public dissertation defense took place online on the 29th of April 2020 at 10 a.m. Finnish time. “In Christianity, at the beginning was the word –…
Call for submissions for new series: The Hospital Multiple by Fanny Chabrol
The Hospital Multiple Explorations into how it is made, felt, improvised, envisioned and counted Somatosphere Series edited by Janina Kehr and Fanny Chabrol Since COVID-19 has come …
Tenure Track Position in Oulu, Finland: Cultural Histories and Traditional Knowledge of Resource Use
Our anthropology colleague Prof Hannu Heikkinen from Oulu just sent this around. Seems to be a rather rare opportunity for a permanent job in Arctic Anthropology! Arctic Interactions…
Article Announcement: “How Do You Build a ‘Culture of Health’? A Critical Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities from Medical Anthropology” by Katherine A. Mason
In 2014, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the second-largest funder for health in the United States after the National Institutes of Health, proposed a new framework for…
Now Open: 2020 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology
Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, we have changed the name of the APLA book prize to the “APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology.” APLA is…
Gender in the Arctic at ASSW 2020
Our colleagues organise an interesting workshop during the Arctic Science Summit Week in Akureyri. If you go there anyway, this is surely worth checking out: We would like…
Borders/Bridges Preliminary Program!
We are pleased to announce that the preliminary conference program for the AES/APLA Spring 2020 Conference is now available HERE. Please note that the schedule is subject to…
The 10th Arctic Workshop of the University of Tartu, Estonia ANIMALS OF THE ARCTIC: FROM SYMBIOSIS TO SYMBOLS, 2
12–13 June 2020 Khanty reindeer herder The Arctic is a region that is commonly associated with animals. It is typical for people in the south to imagine (sub)arctic…
Cities and Water in a Time of Climate Change
International PhD Academy June 1–5, 2020 in Venice last call for Applications until February 15, 2020 via VIU website! Join this unique opportunity for a broad global comparison of…
Arctic Security and Anthropology
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…
Call for Contributors: In the Journals by Anna Zogas
Somatosphere is looking to recruit 3-4 people to assist with our ongoing “In the Journals” feature. “In the Journals” is a monthly roundup of newly-published journal articles. Below,…
Meet Our 2020 Contributing Editors!
As we begin another exciting year here at Platypus, we’d like to introduce you to our new group of Contributing Editors. Contributing Editors are responsible both for producing and…
Sharing Polar Cultures and Knowledge: Perspectives from Libraries and Archives
Our colleagues from the library have alerted us to their colloquium, which is this year about the participation of knowledge-holders in the sharing and archiving practices that have…
Is there something “Arctic” to youth well-being in northern settlements?
This was one of the guiding topics discussed at the session hosted by our WOLLIE project during the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference 2019. On the one hand, the…