Jan 22, 2024: Call for Papers for Panel at EASA 2024
InfraNorth’s team members Philipp Budka and Katrin Schmid, along with Jolynna Sinanan from the University of Manchester, and Raphael Deberdt from the Colorado School of Mines / University of British Columbia, will convene a panel at the 18th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). The conference, with the theme Doing and Undoing with Anthropology, will take place at the University of Barcelona from July 23rd to July 26th, 2024.
The panel, titled “Infrastructural Residues: Reproduction and Destruction of Infrastructures Across Space and Time,” will explore the reproduction and destruction of infrastructures across space and time. If you are interested in submitting a paper for this panel, you can do so until 22 January 2024 at 23:59 CET through this link.
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May 10, 2024: Presentation by Peter Schweitzer at the 2nd Polar Waalem Seminar
InfraNorth’s principal investigator Peter Schweitzer was a guest speaker at the 2nd Polar Waalem Seminar. Under the title “Green Technologies in Climate and Polar Research,” the event was held on May 10 – 11, 2024, at the Waalem estate on the German North Sea island of Föhr. His presentation, “Arctic Residents and Change: Economic Development, […]
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Apr 10, 2024: Talk by Alexandra Meyer at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
In Svalbard, the environment, society, and policy are changing rapidly. On April 10, 2024, a lunch seminar at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) discussed what these changes mean for people in Longyearbyen, and the dilemmas associated with using and protecting the environment. The seminar featured Alexandra Meyer from InfraNorth, who gave a […]