Feb 18-23, 2023: Exhibition “Arctic Infrascapes” at ASSW 2023
The art exhibition “Arctic InfraScapes” co-organized by Vera Kuklina, Olga Zaslavskaya and Olga Povoroznyuk displays interim results of several ongoing research projects with the main focus on Arctic infrastructures and features forms of collaboration between artists and scientists. The exhibition will also include a scientific session and a round table on February 21, 8:30-10:00 and 14:00-15:30 (GMT+1), Hörsaal 1. The exhibition will take place at the BIG Hörsaal from February 18 to 23.
During the exhibition Olga Povoriznyuk will present an installation “Arctic Coastal Communities and Maritime InfraScapes” which introduces comparative research conducted by Olga Povoroznyuk and will be illustrated by her field photos to a broader audience. She will also present an art object “InfraCube” which visualizes her research in three coastal communities in the Arctic.
Date and time: September 10, 2024, from 09:30 to 18:00 CEST. Venue: Nordregio. Holmamiralens Väg 10, Skeppsholmen, 111 49 Stockholm, Sweden (See: Map). Register here for in-person attendance. Register here for online participation. The ERC Advanced Grant project InfraNorth, in collaboration with Nordregio, will host the workshop “Ethnography Beyond the Case Study: Possibilities and Limitations […]
Philipp Budka will be presenting at this year’s Churchill Barber Symposium on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at 09:00 local time (Churchill, Manitoba) or 16:00 CEST. His presentation will discuss the organization and results of two future scenario workshops held in Churchill in 2023. Here is the abstract of his presentation: The Town of Churchill, a […]
The publishing house of Kulturstiftung Sibirien, SEC Publications, has just released the book “A Fractured North – Journeys on Hold,” a collection of texts edited by Erich Kasten, Igor Krupnik, and Gail Fondahl. The book, available in both print and digital versions, features a chapter written by Peter Schweitzer, titled “Openings and Closures: The Anthropology […]
InfraNorth team members will participate in the 18th EASA Biennial Conference in Barcelona. With the theme “Doing and Undoing with Anthropology,” the event will take place at the University of Barcelona (July 23 – 26, 2024). On Tuesday, July 23, Katrin Schmid will present her paper “Devolution of Desires, or How Food and Transportation Determine […]
Polar Journal, an online information platform on polar affairs, recently published an article titled “Nunavut communities in petition to regain access to vital Amazon deliveries.” The piece, written by Ole Ellekrog, features insights from Katrin Schmid’s research in Nunavut, as well as her recent blog post “Amazon in the Arctic.” Drawing on conversations that the […]
“We build a railroad and the railroad builds us.” This idea gave title to Olga Povoroznyuk’s talk at the sowi:doc 2023 Awards ceremony of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS). Dr. Povoroznyuk, one of this year’s award winners, talked about her dissertation “Soviet infrastructure in the post-Soviet era? Building a railroad and identity […]
