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April 3, 2023: Chapter by Olga Povoroznyuk & Peter Schweitzer in “The Siberian World”

The chapter “What difference does a railroad make?” by Olga Povoroznyuk and Peter Schweitzer is focusing on the impact of the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) in Eastern Siberia in the 1970s-1980s. Special attention is paid to the role of the cities of Tynda and Severobaikalsk which were founded along the BAM at that time. In their paper, the authors are also addressing the impact of the railroad on the local indigenous communities. 

The volume The Siberian World is a collection of insightful papers based on various ethnographic studies dealing with a variety of topics such as indigenous rights and the impact of climate change.

Ziker, J.P., Ferguson, J., & Davydov, V. (Eds.). (2023). The Siberian World. Routledge.

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Nov 28: Presentation by Philipp Budka at STS Austria Conference 2023

Philipp Budka will present on ownership and control in transport infrastructure projects in Northern Manitoba, Canada, in the session “The Politics of Open Infrastructures” at the STS Austria Conference 2023. The conference will take place at the Austrian Academy of Sciences from Nov 27-29, 2023. Program

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Nov 27, 2023: Lecture by Olga Povoroznyuk & Peter Schweitzer at TU Vienna

Olga Povoroznyuk and Peter Schweitzer will give a guest lecture on “The Social Lives of Transport Infrastructures in the Arctic” at the Technical University of Vienna. The lecture includes insights from their InfraNorth research and will be part of the module “Emerging Fields in Architecture”, which seeks to put design into a broader social context. […]

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Nov 17, 2023: Session by Philipp Budka & Giuseppe Amatulli at AAA/CASCA 2023

Giuseppe Amatulli (Carlton University) & Philipp Budka (InfraNorth, University of Vienna) organize the session “Narratives and Temporalities of Infrastructure: The Canadian Experience” at the meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) & the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA). The conference will take place from November 15-19, 2023 in Toronto.

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Nov 8-9, 2023: InfraNorth at APRI’s 10th Anniversary Meeting

Peter Schweitzer and several other InfraNorth members will co-present their research at APRI’s Polar Talk N9 on November 8. Polar Talk Flyer Olga Povoroznyuk will give a presentation entitled “InfraNorth Future Scenarios for Arctic Communities” at the APRI Assembly Meeting on November 9. APRI Meeting Program Flyer

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Nov, 2023: InfraNorth Presentations at AAA/CASCA 2023

InfraNorth will have three paper presentations at the Meeting of the American Anthropological Association / Canadian Anthropology Society/Société canadienne d’anthropologie in Toronto, Canada, November 15-19, 2023: Olga Povoroznyuk & Peter Schweitzer with a paper entitled “Whose sovereignty? Promises and threats of a port expansion project in Nome, Alaska” Katrin Schmid with a paper titled “Gravel, […]