Fri, Mar 28, 2008
Conference Announcement: "Human Dimensions in the Circumpolar Arctic", 8-10 October, 2008
The conference will be held at Umeå University, Umeå, located in the north of Sweden, about 700 km north of Stockholm. It will pay particular attention to human life and conditions in the circumpolar Arctic in the past, present and future. Questions that will be addressed are how the situation in the North has been depicted in science, art and literature and how the
possibilities for various kinds of social and economical developments have been understood at various times.
possibilities for various kinds of social and economical developments have been understood at various times.
Other questions are how climate, ecology and different types of resource use have influenced conditions for life in the North and the role of national and international politics for northerndevelopments and conditions. Policy questions concerning the Arctic region will also be discussed during the conference.
Themes include:
Indigenous peoples
Gender Dimensions
Culture and Science
Resources and Climate
Health and Welfare
Further information on the conference may be had on the Conference website.
At the conference the second issue of Journal of Northern Studies will also be available. Information on this journal may be had at http://www.jns.org.umu.se.
Gender Dimensions
Culture and Science
Resources and Climate
Health and Welfare
Further information on the conference may be had on the Conference website.
At the conference the second issue of Journal of Northern Studies will also be available. Information on this journal may be had at http://www.jns.org.umu.se.
"Human Dimensions in the Circumpolar Arctic" is an Interdisciplinary Conference under the Auspices of the International Polar Year.