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At first glance, art and science appear to belong to entirely separate spheres. Visual, performative, applied, literary, media, or conceptual arts typically operate within aesthetic, intuitive, and creative domains, whereas academic and applied sciences are grounded in replicable research methods, empirical evidence, and theoretical frameworks. The division between these realms, along with the compartmentalisation of Read more
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One of the highlights of the fall, the Critical Arctic Studies -symposium was held in Rovaniemi early in October, 2024. The theme of the symposium was Thinking with Water: Exploring the edges. The symposium was organised by Monica Tennberg, Hannah Strauss-Mazzullo, Heidi Konttinen and Sohvi Kangasluoma, from the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland and Frank Read more
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Text & photo: Tom Royer September truly feels like a dynamic month for the CAS Network, packed with conferences! I had the pleasure of heading to Lund, Sweden, where I joined fellow researchers from Akureyri, Tromsø, Nottingham, Stavanger, and beyond. We gathered in this charming, cobblestone town to delve into discussions about the poles as Read more
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Text: Özlem Terzi, Monica Tennberg and Marjo LindrothPhoto: Özlem Terzi This summer CAS has contributed a section on ‘Spaces of Sustainabilities, Struggles of Transitions in the (European) Arctic and Beyond’ to the Pan-European Conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA-PEC). EISA is the Europe-wide organization for the study of International Relations (IR) and has Read more
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Text: Vesa Väätänen A word cloud generated from the titles and abstracts of the presentations in the first Critical Arctic Studies Symposium. The word cloud illustrates how the symposium acted as a gathering for not only researchers and artists, but also for words, concepts, theories and methods that were not taken at face value as Read more
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Exploring Critical Arctic Approaches in Space Law Studies: A Reflective Journey
Text: Tom RoyerPhoto: Gerrit, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A vast uninhabited area north of [Esrange] is used as an area where the sounding rockets can land. Spread throughout this area are small shelters,… Read more
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Structural Inequality and the Sámi: Challenging Equality in the Nordic Welfare States
Text: Assi HarkomaPhoto: Berit Siilasjoki Reindeer-husbandry legislation and regulations restrict the Sámi from practising traditional reindeer herding in Nordic states. Critical research is needed to explore and expose the structural inequality affecting the Sámi. The… Read more
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From the Covid-19 travel gridlock to a visitor record winter: Problematising the rebound of luxury tourism development in the Arctic from a moral economy perspective
Text and photo: Dorothee Bohn The sign in front of a luxury-branded hotel tells local people who ski or exercise on the public cross-country skiing/outdoor recreation trail, which is located beside the tourist facility, that… Read more
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Challenging assumptions on rewilding the Nordic nature
Text: Monica Tennberg & Carina KeskitaloPhoto: Monica Tennberg The late French sociologist Bruno Latour challenged the separation of humans and nature typical in our modern thinking. In his view, we have never been modern; our… Read more
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Introducing Critical Arctic Studies at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2022
Text: Marjo Lindroth, Sanna Kopra & Rasmus Leander NielsenPhoto: Charlotte Gherke The thematic network on Critical Arctic Studies made its debut at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik this year. The Assembly is an event… Read more
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Lectio recut
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… Read more
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A tale of an Arctic cod
Text: Sohvi Kangasluoma 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… Read more
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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… Read more
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Critical Arctic Studies – A short introduction to the idea and its background
Text: Monica Tennberg, Marjo Lindroth and Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen 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… Read more
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