Oct 25, 2024: Presentation by Elena Davydova at the “Anthropology of Uncertainty” Conference in Yerevan
InfraNorth researcher Elena Davydova will be presenting at the 6th annual conference of the “Anthropologization of Humanities and Social Sciences” joint project of the New Literary Observer journal and the European University at St. Petersburg, which will be held at the Tufenkian Hotel in Yerevan, Armenia on October 24-26, 2024, in collaboration with the Yerevan Center for International Education, under the title “The Anthropology of Uncertainty: Living in Crucial Times.”
Davydova’s presentation, “Managing Uncertainties: The Work of Active Waiting while Moving in Chukotka,” will take place on Friday 25 October 2024 from 16:30 – 18:30 local time in the Vishap Room of the Tufenkian Hotel (as part of session 2.3.2, “Towards an Anthropological Understanding of Uncertainty: A View from the Arctic”). Her presentation will focus on the uncertainty of northern mobilities and explore practices of waiting while using transport infrastructures in Chukotka.
The conference aims to discuss how different social groups perceive uncertainty and how this category is utilized across various academic and scientific areas. It will bring together historians, sociologists, political scientists, cultural anthropologists, cultural historians, and representatives of other academic fields interested in the topic of uncertainty.
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Jul 2025: Presentation by Philipp Budka at EASA Workshop “Past Tense, Future Imperfect”
InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka presented the paper “Navigating Temporalities, Infrastructure, and Uncertain Futures: Scenario Workshops in Churchill, Canada” at the workshop “Past Tense, Future Imperfect: Temporalities as Mobilising Force.” The two-day event, held in hybrid format from July 23 to 24, 2025, was organized by the EASA networks NAoHH (Anthropology of History and Heritage) and […]
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Jun 2025: Article by Jolynna Sinanan, Ria-Maria Adams & Philipp Budka in “Visual Anthropology”
The peer-reviewed academic journal Visual Anthropology has just published the article “Framing Multipolar Tourism: Imaginaries, Visualities and Futures,” written jointly by Jolynna Sinanan (University of Manchester) and InfraNorth researchers Ria-Maria Adams and Philipp Budka. The article examines multipolar iconography and how imaginaries of remote, climate-vulnerable places have materialized through improved transport, enhanced accommodation facilities, […]
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Apr 16, 2025: Rudolphina Magazine Features Research by Peter Schweitzer
The University of Vienna’s research magazine, Rudolphina, recently featured Peter Schweitzer, principal investigator of InfraNorth, and his long-standing anthropological engagement with Arctic communities. Schweitzer’s research focuses on issues related to the built environment, mobility, remoteness, and the social impacts of climate change on community life in the Arctic. The article, which includes a video interview […]
