A5024304703- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Arts, Culture, and Music Studies
- Sociology and Education Studies
- European history and politics
- German Literature and Culture Studies
- Eastern European Communism and Reforms
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Soviet and Russian History
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
- Regional Development and Management Studies
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
Universität Hamburg
2017-2025
Bielefeld University
2023
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
2023
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
2007-2022
Max Planck Society
2007-2022
Hamburg Institute for Social Research
2017
Boise State University
2004
Within the Russian Federation there are nearly 200 recognized "nationalities," approximately 130 of which could claim to be "indigenous." However, only 45 peoples officially as "indigenous small‐numbered Federation" and thereby qualify for rights, privileges, state support earmarked indigenous peoples. This status is conditioned upon a maximum group size 50,000. While experts insist that this numerical criterion provisional without serious political implications, our fieldwork demonstrates...
Permafrost-agroecosystems include all cultivation and pastoral activities in areas underlain by permafrost. These systems support local livelihoods food production are rarely considered global agricultural studies but may become more relevant as climate change is increasing opportunities for high latitude mountainous areas. The exact locations amount of containing permafrost currently unknown, therefore we provide an overview countries where both present. We highlight the socioecological...
On summer Fridays, hundreds of people from Novosibirsk, Siberia undertake an eight-hour drive to the Altai Mountains only back on Sunday. Rather than mountaineering, many these tourists spend their time there relaxing in a sauna or preparing barbecue, i.e. doing things they could easily do much closer hometown. Exploring this somewhat bizarre pattern weekend travel ethnographically, while simultaneously placing it genealogy (post-)Soviet holiday-making and desire for cars, article aims at...
In this article, we identify what herders in Fennoscandia and northwestern Russia see as critical conditions events the annual reindeer herding cycle. Indigenous Sámi Yamal eight seasons, each of which has crucial importance its own way. Differences perception between Fennoscandian Russian about good bad seasonal are based on degree climatic geographic variation, herd control variety simultaneous pressures pastures. The scope speed ongoing climate change Arctic will profoundly modify these...
Notwithstanding the gradual intensification of contacts across different parts circumpolar North, research on gender in Arctic is still a fragmented field – not least because language barriers. The four cases presented here, all from Far North Russia, are intended to complement America and Nordic countries. We also hope they will encourage wider use feminist approaches geography social sciences. After first overview how emerged as topic study introduction focus gender-specific forms mobility...
Based on field research in villages and towns the Komi Republic (northeastern European Russia), this article compares perception of environment with environmental knowledge, examines their interrelations local contexts. An individual's is embedded his/her everyday engagement surroundings (‘the environment’ as seen from within). Environmental knowledge more cognitive character: it originates mainly outside context life imparted via various forms communication (‘The Environment’ outside). From...
This introduction opens a special section on emotional and experiential aspects of travel in Northern Siberian landscapes. Conventional representations the Arctic as frontier have foregrounded difficulties risks travel. The collection articles presented here serves to complement this perspective, exploring both negative positive connotations On basis ethnographic fieldwork Greenland Siberia, authors discuss joy movement along with moments frustration tension. Time seasonality, companionship...
Abstract Permafrost occupies 20 million square kilometres of Earth’s high-latitude and high-altitude landscapes. These regions are sensitive to climate change human activities; hence, permafrost research is considerable scientific societal importance. However, the results this generally not known by general public. Communicating concepts an increasingly important task in world. Different ways engage learners incorporate narratives teaching materials exist, yet they underused. Here we report...
Abstract Against the backcloth of particularly fast environmental change in Arctic, this study juxtaposes local perceptions two communities boreal zone Northern Europe with scientific data. The knowledge was gathered through an online participatory mapping survey among and evidence from various peer-reviewed official monitoring sources. Local Savukoski (Finland) resembles that Jokkmokk (Sweden). Most perceived changes are line studies, public discourse, concerns Arctic. What differs,...
Abstract On the basis of fieldwork among Komi reindeer herders in north Russia, author discusses concepts movement and mobility. In first part, he describes herders' migrations from an outsider's point view, which reflects conventional academic approach to theme pastoralists' husbandry may be described as a transhumant system with protracted linear migrations. second tries look beyond these etic categories gives account their movements emic perspective. Moving through forests tundra is...