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 …
Forest fires create hell on earth: Yakutia
related to the recent post about the forest fires in Siberia, here I share some footage from local people. This is not …
Arctic climate amplification and Siberia’s burning forests
Usually Arctic amplification is referred to as the reason why the Arctic is warming faster than the earth’s average, as the Arctic’s …
Reindeer nomadism as profession, lifestyle, passion and love: Sergei Serotetto
русский текст ниже One of the world’s most respected reindeer nomads, 1954-2021, mourning for a friend (all photos in this post © …
Rain on snow – how do people and reindeer learn to survive?
This winter and spring we hear again disastrous news from sudden temperature rises and falls, leading to thick ice-crusts on reindeer pastures …
Trust Versus Paranoia: Can the Siberian fire spirit explain the spectacular failure of the UK Covid track and trace app?
Piers Vitebsky (pv100(at)cam.ac.uk) and Roza Laptander (roza.laptander(at)mail.ru) are going to give an interesting example on how to de-provincialise Arctic social sciences. This …
The Northern Sea Route and waterway infrastructure in the Russian Arctic: a seminar on anthropological perspectives
The European University at Saint Petersburg will host a seminar on the Northern Sea Route at its research Center for Arctic Social …
Sudden loss of a great research facilitator
This is dedicated to a long term and very good friend, Konstantin Ochepkov, who passed away in Siberia way too early yesterday, …
Long live the tundra nomads!
Just found out from the local news that in the Novyi Urengoy hospital two Nenets elders survived covid-19 and recovered from pneumonia, …
Language, silence and climate in Yamal
In spring we were proud to host the world’s first anthropological PhD defence in english by a Nenets colleague, Roza Laptander. Now …
The Experience of Displacement and Social Engineering in Kola Saami Oral Histories
Public defence of the doctoral dissertation by blog contributor Lukas Allemann on 15 Oct 2020 Our team member and periodic blog contributor …
Covid-19 arrived in the Yamal tundra
It was probably a matter of time, but I thought until today ‘how great that the tundra is still free of infections’. …
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. …
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 …
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 …
Record early river-thaw in Siberia
The warm weather in Siberia seems to have led to an exceptionally early ice-thawing on Siberia’s major rivers. The specific of the …
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 …
Sacred Site worshipping for good health in Corona times
Yamal has a legally protected sacred sites inventory: here, Angalskiy Mys Today in the morning I was just about to brew my …
Evelyn Landerer, Siberia, story about procuring and shipping provisions.
Evelyn tells her story about getting ready to go to the forest, from the village of Teteya, Irkutskaya Oblast
Evelyn Landerer, fieldwork stories in German
Here are below in youtube Evelyn Landerer’s fieldwork stories told during the Corona lockdown which started our idea of collecting stories on …
Fieldwork story Stammler 2: Yamal, hunting for petrol and a wild reindeer
https://arcticanthropology.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/stammler-story2-reindeerpetrol-h.mp3 A story about my failed attempt of shooting a wild reindeer, and of a successful hunt for petrol Yarko…
Fieldwork story Stammler 1: Yamal, participation over observation is a health risk
participation over observation is a health riskThis was my first cold night ever in a chum in the Yamal tundra. It’s a …
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 …
“CCC” – corona, climate change and conspiracy in the Yamal tundra
I have been doing fieldwork with Yamal Nenets reindeer herders for more than 20 years now, and have noticed this year a …