Oct 6, 2023: Newspaper Article: How Could the Future in Sør-Varanger Look Like?
The local newspaper Sør-Varanger Avis in Kirkenes published an article about the recently conducted scenario workshops in Kirkenes.
Researchers Peter Schweitzer, Olga Povoroznyuk and Alexandra Meyer (University of Vienna) and Bjarge Schwenke Fors (Barents Institute) were interviewed about the workshops and the aims of the projects, including the connection between transport infrastructure and well-being in Arctic communities. All agreed that the workshops had been a great success, generating interesting discussions and new input.
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Oct 8, 2024: Polar Journal Features Research by Olga Povoroznyuk
In a recent article published by the online information platform Polar Journal, titled “In shrinking Soviet towns, Northern Sea Route is keeping hope alive,” journalist Ole Ellekrog talked with Olga Povoroznyuk, InfraNorth’s research coordinator and lead of the Russian Arctic study region, about the difficulty of conducting anthropological research on Russia today and how InfraNorth […]
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Sep 2024: Article in “Études Inuit Studies” by Sophie Elixhauser
The latest issue of Études Inuit Studies (Vol. 47, No. 1-2, September 2024) features the article “Making and Unmaking Airports in Tunu (East Greenland): The Socio-Material Dynamics of Hope and Connectivity” by Sophie Elixhauser. Like many airports throughout the Arctic, Kulusuk Airport, the entrance to the sparsely populated East Coast of Greenland, is built on […]