🌌 📲 How do social media representations of #Finnish #Lapland influence the visitors’ imagination of the place? How does this shape #tourism practices and #infrastructure development? #InfraNorth’s Ria Adams addressed these questions today at the 2024 Spirit of #Inari seminar.

🙌 Last Friday we met fellow #Arctic #anthropologist Stephan Dudeck (arcticanthropology University of Tartu), currently a guest lecturer at Universität Wien! 📅 On Wed, 13 Nov at 5 pm CET: Don’t miss his seminar on collaborative anthropology with Indigenous Peoples in Siberia! ksa.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user…

🔀 How, what and why to compare? At the recent #InfraNorth workshop in Stockholm, we explored ways to move beyond particular case studies and arrive at meaningful comparative perspectives across different ethnographies. Read more in our latest blog post: infranorth.eu/blog/ethnograp…

🗓️ On Thursday 22 Nov, #InfraNorth’s Peter Schweitzer and Olga Povoroznyuk will be presenting at the 2024 AAA Annual Meeting in #Tampa as part of a session on “Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Change and #Infrastructure.” Learn more: infranorth.eu/news/nov-2024-… American Anthropological Association

Members of the EPB gathered in the Hague 🇳🇱 for its Autumn 2024 Plenary meeting last week! 🤝 The meeting took place at the Dutch Research Council (NWO Nieuws), where the EPB Secretariat has been hosted for the past 10 years. 🙌 ➡️ Read more here: europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/ne…

📖 Excited to see Peter Schweitzer’s chapter, “Seasons and Seasonality in the (Alaskan) #Arctic: Human and More-than-human Cycles of Engagement,” in the #Anthropos special issue “The Seasonal and the Material” edited by @SabinaCvecek & Barbara Horejs! 🔗 infranorth.eu/news/chapter-b…

At the Austrian Polar Research Institute annual general meeting in Graz, #InfraNorth researchers Ria Adams, Alexandra Meyer and Susanna Gartler shared updates from Peter Schweitzer’s working group. We also enjoyed Andreas Trügler’s insights on Greenland’s Sermilik Research Station! #ArcticResearch

We’re excited to participate in the 6th Nordic Rural Research Conference in Kiruna 🇸🇪, next week, Dec 3–5! #InfraNorth’s Ria Adams and Timothy Heleniak (Nordregio) will share insights on local initiatives and migration in Nordic rural areas. Learn more: infranorth.eu/news/dec-3-202…

🗓️ Monday, Dec 2, at 19 CET: Don’t miss the CRAFT webinar with #InfraNorth’s Peter Schweitzer & Olga Povoroznyuk alongside Stanislav Saas Ksenofontov (Sakha, postdoc scholar University of Iowa) discussing #Indigenous perspectives on #Arctic #infrastructure research: infranorth.eu/news/dec-2-202…

Last week, #InfraNorth’s Peter Schweitzer and Olga Povoroznyuk joined the 2024 AAA Annual Meeting in Tampa. They participated in a panel on climate change and #infrastructure and a roundtable on gender and kinship. Days of inspiring discussions and connections! American Anthropological Association

#InfraNorth team member Ria Adams is back at her field site #Kiruna—this time to present at the 6th Nordic Ruralities Conference for Rural Research! #Arctic #Infrastructure

🔍🏗️Curious whether #Scandic Kiruna’s rates will drop or keep climbing once the new #Elite Hotel Frost opens (expected June 2025). Hotel prices in #Kiruna are soaring, driven by demand from workers, tourists, visitors, researchers and other professionals alike. 📈

🚍Tested the local bus in #Kiruna to the conference venue: 7-min drive or 40min walk was 29 min by bus. Routes try to cover a wider area for accessibility, but it’s not the most efficient mode to commute in #Arctic towns.🔍Spot the truck bringing piles of snow to the snow-dump🚛

✨Thanks to everyone who joined our after-work gathering on Tuesday! It was great to share insights into ongoing research projects over gløgg and cookies with colleagues from the #anthropology department Universität Wien and our guest Erik Henriksen from UiT Norges arktiske universitet! #InfraNorth

On repeated returns to one of her field sites, #Kiruna, #InfraNorth researcher Ria Adams bears witness to the fast pace of change reshaping this town in transition. Check out her latest thread from the field!

In #Kiruna, #InfraNorth team members Ria Adams and Tim Heleniak (Nordregio) participated in the 6th Nordic Ruralities Conference for Rural #Research. A fantastic opportunity to share ongoing research, connect with colleagues, and engage in thought-provoking discussions!

Save the date! As 2024 comes to an end, we prepare to enter the final year of #InfraNorth. We’re excited to announce our conference “Beyond Infrastructure: (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene.” 🗓️ Vienna, Sept 22 – 24, 2025. 🔜 Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

✈️ How will #Nuuk’s new international airport reshape #Greenland’s global connections and local life? Don’t miss our latest blog post by #InfraNorth associate researcher Susan Vanek, exploring this issue: infranorth.eu/blog/connectio…

#InfraNorth’s Peter Schweitzer and Olga Povoroznyuk recently shared insights into anthropological research on #Arctic #infrastructure at the #RATIC Arctic Infrastructure Science Talks series in the lead-up to the #ICARPIV Summit at #ASSW2025. Learn more: infranorth.eu/news/jan-9-202…

📢 #CallforPapers! Join us at the #conference “Beyond #Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the #Anthropocene,” Sep. 22–24, 2025, Universität Wien! 🗓️ Submit your proposals by 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. We look forward to your contributions! 🔗 Learn more: infranorth.eu/news/call-for-…