Text and pictures: Joonas Vola In the blog, Joonas Vola presents a radical reworking of his Arctic research “Homunculus: Bearing Incorporeal Arcticulations” by cutting the introductory lecture, lectio praecursoria of his public defence into pieces and reconstructing a new whole from its fragments. Besides of linear reading, the text may form surprising and unexpected linksContinueContinue reading “Lectio recut”
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A tale of an Arctic cod
Text: Sohvi Kangasluoma Photo: Juho Karhu As we enter a harbor on a calm winter night in northern Iceland, the distinct smell of fish welcomes us. The scent of a fish greets us in almost every harbor, as the small boat harbors are often surrounded by fiskkaup — fish plants where the fishermen bring theContinueContinue reading “A tale of an Arctic cod“
Arctic winescapes
Text: Iana Nesterova Winescape is a term used to describe the interplay of “vineyards; wineries and other physical structures; wines; natural landscape and setting; people; and heritage, town(s) and buildings and their architecture and artefacts within, and more.” (Johnson and Bruwer, 2007). The Arctic region is not the first region that comes to mind whenContinueContinue reading “Arctic winescapes”
Critical Arctic Studies – A short introduction to the idea and its background
Text: Monica Tennberg, Marjo Lindroth and Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen Photo: Arctic Centre/Risto Viitanen In the discussions in the early 2010s in the Northern political economy research group at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland, we identified with our colleagues a need for critical analysis in Arctic research. We found problematic the ways in which questions,ContinueContinue reading “Critical Arctic Studies – A short introduction to the idea and its background”
Thematic Network on Critical Arctic Studies 