Spirituality of abandoned Arctic Infrastructure
So-called ‘ghost towns’ attract people in a certain sense, the ailing beauty of their ruins and the atmosphere of silence that is …
The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index – oil and gas better than mining?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bse.2698 This has been a long journey and a lot of work several years: jointly with a number of interdisciplinary colleagues, we …
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 …
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, …
We don’t survive – we live here!
These were the introductory words of Alexandr Ivanov, the head of the Olenek district in Yakutia, in his discussion during our session …
Arctic youth well-being reserach project WOLLIE goes to Kola Peninsula
Last week, the mid-term meeting of our research project on youth in Arctic industrial settlements (WOLLIE) took place in Kirovsk and Revda, …
Bodies of Flesh and Ore: Geosocial Formation of Miners and Metal in Highland Bolivia
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2018 Roy A. Rappaport Prize Finalists. …
Job for Arctic Anthropologists in Europe? Oulu
The University of Oulu is strengthening their Arctic profile and have announced several jobs. Let’s hope they will hire anthropologists eagerly! It …
extractivism conference, November 2018
Our colleagues from the peace studies institute in Tromso share the announcement to this conference, which sounds interesting. https://uit.no/tavla/artikkel/564387/resisting_extractivism_in_border_zon…
The Sacrifice Zones of American “Energy Independence”: Pipeline and Refinery Expansion in the Chicago Region
By Graham Pickren, Roosevelt University § The United States is seemingly on its way to “energy independence.” Since the oil price increases and …
Commentary: Toxic Bodies, Part II
By Kristina Lyons, University of California, Santa Cruz § The president of the communal action committee whom I call Doña Marta ushered me …
Assessing damage to indigenous cultures by industrial development with maths?
I just read an interesting post by the Russian news agency TASS (in Russian) announcing proudly the launch of a new method …
Contamination of the Social Fabric: Sápara Leaders’ Resistance to Oil Companies in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Narrow Vision of Environmental Impact Studies
By Lindsay Ofrias, Princeton University § In the shadow of the world’s worst case of oil contamination, the Sápara, a small group of …
Commentary: Toxic Bodies, Part I
By Mónica Salas Landa, Lafayette College § Oil infrastructure, Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico. Image by author. ‘‘How do you feel living right across from …
How do non-Arctic actors’ interests matter the Arctic? – debates around Arctic Circle assembly
From October 13 to October 19, 2017, the Uarctic Thematic network “Arctic Extractive Industries” held a masters/Phd course on the topic of …
Siberia Geography Postdoc wanted
Our colleagues in Vienna have this interesting job opening in a project that combines anthropology and GIS in the area of the …
Reclaiming Nature? Indigenous Homeland and Oil Sands Territory
Tara Joly, University of Aberdeen § Settler colonial relations construct the Athabasca region as extractive oil sands territory, yet the region remains …
Mild Apocalypse – Feral Landscapes in Denmark: Reflections on an Exhibition
By Nathalia S. Brichet, Frida Hastrup, and Felix Riede § From the late 1930s until 1970, low-grade brown coal was extracted at Søby in mainland …
Problems of gigantic reindeer slaughter plan for Yamal-Nenets nomads
The recent announcement by the Yamal government to artificially reduce the number of reindeer in the Yamal-Nenets Okrug by a quarter of …
Arctic Abstractive Industry
Colleague Arthur Mason sent around a link to the collection of popular short essays that many anthropologists contributed to a theme around …
resource development versus other community sustainability options’?
This is the general topic of the next course in our PhD programme by the Uarctic Thematic Network “Arctic Extractive Industries. It’s …
Historical Decision as to Mining in Sweden
A – what I would like to call a historical – decision was taken by the Supreme Administrative Court in Sweden at the …
Uarctic in pure diamonds: report from PhD / Masters course “Arctic Extractive Industries”, in Mirny
The Uarctic Logo made by a local employee of the sorting centre of pure diamonds is worth 7 million USD From 15-22 …
Arctic Voices: Expectations, Narratives and the Realities of Living with Extractive industries: new publication
Arctic Voices: Expectations, Narratives and the Realities of Living with Extractive industries in the Far North (Edited by Emma Wilson and Florian …