Sept 21, 2023: Future Scenario Workshop in Kirkenes, Norway

InfraNorth’s 2nd future scenario workshop is organized in partnership with the Barents Institute, Sør-Varanger Municipality Sør-Varanger Utvikling and Sør-Varanger Library

Join us to discuss and co-create possible futures of infrastructure and community development in Kirkenes and Sør-Varanger!

The KIRKENES SCENARIO WORKSHOP is a free and open event, hosted by the project InfraNorth in collaboration with local groups and artists. We’ll delve into four future scenarios for Kirkenes and Sør-Varanger Municipality, created using current trends and expert opinions. Together, we’ll discuss these scenarios and what they mean for the town and its people. There will be coffee and cake. Welcome!

WHEN? Thursday, September 21., 18:00-20:30
WHERE? Sør-Varanger Bibliotek, Dr. Wessels gate 18
FOR WHOM? Everyone with an interest in the Kirkenes region and its future development!

Nov 28, 2024: Presentation by Ria-Maria Adams at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Katrin Großmann (Forschungskollektiv Peripherie und Zentrum, FH Erfurt) and InfraNorth researcher Ria-Maria Adams will be presenting at the conference Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement & Stadterneuerung (in English: Civic Engagement & Urban Regeneration) organized by the Institute for European Urban Studies (IfEU) at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in Germany (November 28 – 29, 2024). On Thursday, November 28, at […]

Nov 2024: Chapter by Peter Schweitzer in the Anthropos Special Issue “The Seasonal and the Material”

Anthropos, the international journal of anthropology and linguistics, has just released the special issue “The Seasonal and the Material: Anthropology of Seasonal Practices,” co-edited by Sabina Cveček and Barbara Horejs. Among its contributions is a book chapter by Peter Schweitzer, titled “Seasons and Seasonality in the (Alaskan) Arctic: Human and More-than-human Cycles of Engagement.” In […]