Am 08.11.2023 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #9 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Glitzernde Flüsse schlängeln sich durch tiefe Wälder und Gebirge, Grizzlies fangen mit ihren Mäulern die springenden Lachse. Spendenaufrufe für den sterbenden Eisbären, der einsam auf der…
Read MoreTiksi in Russia, Nome in the US, and Kirkenes in Norway are three socially and culturally different Arctic coastal communities. Still, in this post I argue, that their colonial histories as well as present-day identities and development plans share a…
Read MoreFor social scientists working in the Arctic, it is not given to focus on infrastructure, and for a long time the focus has primarily been on the relations of Arctic inhabitants with their "natural" environments (see Schweitzer et al. 2017).…
Read MoreOn 03.05.2023 at 18:00 CEST there will be an event co-organized by APRI member Gertrude Saxinger at the Institute of Political Science/University of Vienna to which we would like to invite you. Sápmi is the homeland of the Sámi people,…
Read MoreIn two previous articles we have described the social and artistic aspects of the Arctic Science Summit Week in Vienna (The social facest of ASSW2023 and APRI meets canadian ambassador). In the first article the keynote lecture, One, Two or…
Read MoreAm 16.11.2022 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #7 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Die neuere Geschichte der Arktis ist auch eine Geschichte von Bauwerken und Transportverbindungen, die vorwiegend der Kolonialverwaltung und der Ressourcenausbeutung dienten. Gleichzeitig haben die Bewohner…
Read More“I think we also need to think about who Longyearbyen is for. Is it meant to be pretty for tourists? Practical for industry? For the people who live here?” “You don’t have an upper class and a lower class but…
Read MoreA group of young people are setting out to raise awareness about the impact of climate change in Europe. Their Climate Walk will take them from Norway's North Cape through 16 countries to the coast of Portugal. 12,000 kilometers on…
Read MoreAPRI associate member Edward Canuel summarizes his recent “PolarTalk #4” where he focused on the blue economy - namely, what it is, what it means in practice, and the various interdisciplinary issues which intersect it. Looking to the Arctic as…
Read MoreThe time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings. And like the conversation of the Walrus and the…
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