Exploring the Arctic at Venice International University
Scholars, indigenous activists and students from both sides of the Atlantic (or Pacific?) met at the small Venetian island of San Servolo from 14th to 19th of January…
Scholars, indigenous activists and students from both sides of the Atlantic (or Pacific?) met at the small Venetian island of San Servolo from 14th to 19th of January…
Our colleagues in Vienna have this interesting job opening in a project that combines anthropology and GIS in the area of the East Siberian railway region (BAM, AYAM).…
This speech was given in November, 10, 2016 in Salekhard (Yamal, Western Siberia) during International Symposium “Preventing the dissemination of infectious animal diseases on climate changeR…
The recent announcement by the Yamal government to artificially reduce the number of reindeer in the Yamal-Nenets Okrug by a quarter of a million animals has caused a…
The Siberian Times and other english language sites report about the recent anthrax outbreak among reindeer in West Siberia in a slight geographical confusion . Ignore the maps…
The saga about the Northern migrant route for asylum seekers wishing to reach a European country recently got a new turn: Since April 2016 the Russian-Finnish border in…
The Uarctic Logo made by a local employee of the sorting centre of pure diamonds is worth 7 million USD From 15-22 February a group of roughly 20…
Arctic Voices: Expectations, Narratives and the Realities of Living with Extractive industries in the Far North (Edited by Emma Wilson and Florian Stammler ) is the name of…
Our colleagues in Estonia will host a really interesting workshop this year – focusing on the role of gatekeepers. I think they are very right that these people…
Arctic Workshop of Tartu University: Gatekeepers 3rd-4th of June 2016 Estonian hospitality in a Russian restaurant at a previous Arctic Workshop in Tartu (photo by Laura Siragusa) It…
Dear people, my Yamal Nenets people! Dear reindeer herders! Listen, what I am going to say. Mostly I am speaking to you, young people who are living now…
The Uarctic Arctic Extractive Industries PhD programme organises its spring 2016 course, this time also open for M.A. students, eligibility for participation see below. The course is hosted…
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…
***Русский текст ниже*** As a major outcome of the ORHELIA project (Oral History of Empires by Elders in the Arctic), our research team is proud to present a…
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…
A really early announcement for a great conference on Arctic Anthropology! I hope to meet many of the readers of our blog in a years time in St.…
The “nomadic” Ph.D. Summer School “Field Experiences in Northwest Russia” (FENOR) has been a full success After two weeks of extensive travelling and working together on different aspects…
I would like to announce a newly published book exploring why the cradle of our discipline was to be found in ethnographic research in the Russian Arctic. The…
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…
22-23 OCTOBER 2015 The Arcticanthropology members are proud to host a session at the 12th Annual ETMU Days Conference, which takes place this year at the University of…
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…