PROGRAM
CAES PhD Course
"Reindeer as a keystone species
in the North:
Biological, cultural and
socio-economic aspects"
1-15th September 2000
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PROGRAM
CAES PhD Course
"Reindeer as a keystone species
in the North:
Biological, cultural and
socio-economic aspects" 1-15th September 2000 |
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THU 31.08 |
Arrival in Rovaniemi |
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Arrival and overnight accommodation |
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FRI 01.09. |
Rovaniemi |
AM |
Welcoming and presentation of the course contents (K.
Ruth & P. Soppela) Presentation of the participants
Presentation of the course route and schedule, practical issues (W.
Ruth & B. Forbes) |
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PM |
Lecture: On the relations between reindeer and people
comparative and historical perspectives (T. Ingold)
Discussion (R. O. Rasmussen, T. Ingold)
Lecture: Interdisciplinary approach to the course theme (W. Ruth &
J.Å. Riseth) Visit to the Arctic Centre exhibitions (T. Tuisku) |
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E |
Introduction of the Arctic Centre, University of the
Arctic and University of Lapland's Russian Competency Program (P. Kankaanpää,
O. Snellman & T. Norjanen) Reception at Arctic Centre library |
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SAT 02.09. |
Rovaniemi |
AM |
Workshop: Interdisciplinary approach to the course
theme (W. Ruth) Lecture: Ecophysiological characteristics of reindeer and annual cycle
of reindeer herding (P. Soppela) |
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PM |
Lecture: Adaptability of reindeer grazing systems to
a changing North (D. Klein) Lecture: Reindeer work, identity and environment among Saami and
Finnish people in Lapland (T. Ingold)
Introductory lectures: Reindeer management in Fennoscandia and Kola
Peninsula (B. Åhman, J.Å. Riseth & M. Särkelä) |
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Discussion (D. Klein, P. Soppela & T. Ingold),
guest: representative of the Association of Finnish Reindeer Herding
Districts (M. Särkelä) |
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SUN 03.09. |
Enontekiö |
AM |
Departure to Enontekiö (320 km)
Lecture in the bus: Introduction to the field trip (B. Forbes)
Stop in Levi tourism centre.
In the bus: Students' work preparing questions for the field trip and
discussion |
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PM |
Field trip in Enontekiö (B. Forbes, H. McIntyre)
Visit to a Finnish Sami reindeer herder (J. Magga), guest: Swedish Sami
reindeer herder (P. Idivuoma) |
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E |
Discussion around campfire (B. Forbes, B. Åhman) |
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MON04.09. |
Kautokeino |
AM |
Departure to Kautokeino (80 km)
Workshop/field trip: Reindeer and their biophysical environment, impact
of grazing (B. Forbes, D. Klein, guest J-M. Turi, a Norwegian Sami
reindeer herder) |
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PM |
Lecture: The Sami Siida Institution as a social and
ecological regulation system (N.-M. Sara) Lecture: Reindeer management institutional system under technological
change (J.Å. Riseth)
Lecture: Traditional knowledge vs. Scientific knowledge (Andde Sara)
Lecture: How can science support reindeer husbandry? Examples from SLU,
Uppsala, Sweden (B. Åhman) |
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E |
Discussion at the camping ground (K. Ruth, R. O.
Rasmussen). |
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TUE 05.09. |
Alta |
AM |
Departure to Alta (130 km)
Lectures in the bus: Historic review of the Alta hydro-power conflict
(W. Ruth) Stop in Masi, an old reindeer village (N.-M. Sara)
Visit to Alta Museum |
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PM |
Finnmark College
Lecture: Transition from hunting to reindeer herding (Y. Csonka)
Lecture: Current problems in reindeer management in Northern Finnmark (H.R.
Christiansen) Departure to Utsjoki (411 km)
Lecture in the bus: Social and historical implications of the
dependence on caribou hunting in native North American societies (Y.Csonka)
Video in bus: Living with reindeer (I. Bjorklund) |
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Travelling, arrival in Utsjoki |
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WED 06.09. |
Utsjoki |
AM |
I-II - Ph.D. seminars: Interrelations between reindeer husbandry and
environmental conditions & Reindeer husbandry as a basis of culture,
identity and livelihood (Y. Csonka & J.Å. Riseth)
Student: N. Polezhaev "Prospects of reindeer husbandry on
North-East Russia"
D. Sabev "Reindeer herding collectives after the Sovkhoz";
B. Inga " Identification of traditional knowledge of reindeer
herding and comparisons with knowledge proceeded from scientific knowledge. |
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PM |
Field
trip: Visit to old church cabins in Utsjoki (P. Soppela)
Visit to
Skálluvaara reindeer separation place (V. Länsman, P. Soppela), guests:
local reindeer herders |
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THU 07.09. |
Utsjoki |
AM |
Departure to Varangerbotn
Varanger Sami Museum, Varangerbotn. Visit to an ancient wild reindeer
pitfall trap, Nyborgmoen. Departure to Murmansk (400 km)
Lecture in the bus and demonstrations during stops: Industrial impacts
on ecosystem functioning (K. Ruth) |
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Nikel |
PM |
Border crossing. Stop in Nikel
Video in bus: The way to the sacred place (A. Golovnev) |
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Murmansk |
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Travelling, arrival in Murmansk. |
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FRI 08.09. |
Murmansk |
AM |
Departure to Lovozero (150km)
Slaughterhouse visit: Working conditions and hygiene at reindeer
slaughter (B.Åhman & W. Ruth). |
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PM |
Meeting
with Director of the enterprise Tundra (former sovkhoz), V. Sirota
Meeting with Lovozero administration |
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SAT 09.09. |
Lovozero |
AM |
Lectures
by representatives of the National Cultural Centre in Lovozero (L. Avdeeva,
Kola Sami Association) III -
Ph.D. seminar: Reindeer husbandry as a basis of culture, identity and
livelihood (Y. Csonka, W. Ruth) Students:
M. Nakshina " Reindeer Herding as a Basis of Ancient Sami
Culture" |
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PM |
Visit
to the Sami Cultural-Historical Museum (N. Gutsol)
IV -
Ph.D. seminar: Interrelationships between reindeer, husbandry and
environmental conditions (K. Ruth, R.O. Rasmussen)
Students:
S. Stark "Reindeer grazing and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in
northern-boreal and oroarctic ecosystems";
A.
Kolesnikova " The possibility of using soil invertebrates for
bioindication pasture state of reindeer in the Pechora Delta" |
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Lecture: Human impacts on reindeer habitats in the
Russian North: examples from the petroleum industry (B. Forbes) |
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SUN 10.09. |
Lovozero |
AM |
Lecture: Settlement structure in the Arctic (R. O.
Rasmussen) V -
Ph.D. seminar: Reindeer habitats in the Russian North (B. Forbes, D.
Klein) Students:
E. Kuljugina "Use of the reserve in the Nenets District as reindeer
pastures: inventory of lichens";
V.
Elsakov "The seasonal changes of pasture phytomass as a part of
ecosystem elements movement" |
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PM |
VI - Ph.D. seminar: Reindeer ecophysiology, including the effects on
environmental factors on health and welfare (B. Åhman, P. Soppela, D.
Klein)
Students:
H. Norberg "Reindeer calf mortality";
Å.
Lindgren " Herbivory effects in an alpine environment" |
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Workshop/field trip: Reindeer husbandry as a
component of environmental management (D. Klein, H. McIntyre) |
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MON 11.09 |
Lovozero |
AM |
Departure to Kaamanen (620 km)
Lecture in the bus and demonstrations during stops: Reindeer and their
biophysical environment (B. Forbes & D. Klein) |
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PM |
Border crossing |
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Kaamanen |
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Arrival in Kaamanen Kievari, party and
supper-barbeque |
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TUE 12.09. |
Kaamanen |
AM |
Departure
to Kaamanen field station Kutuharju (20 km)
Introduction
to the history and activities of the Experimental Field Station (P.
Soppela, V. Tervonen, M. Nieminen) Lecture:
Domesticated reindeer farming on the North American continent, from
Greenland to Alaska (R. O. Rasmussen) |
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PM |
Departure
to FGFRI/ Reindeer Research Station (30 km).
Introduction
to the Reindeer Research Station (M. Nieminen)
Lecture:
Current problems of reindeer management in Northern Finnish Lapland (J.
Kumpula) VII -
Ph.D. seminar: Interrelationships between reindeer, husbandry and
environmental conditions (D. Klein, W. Ruth) Students:
D. Judina "Ecological aspects of domestic reindeer-breeding
development in Karelia";
R.
Weladji " Consequences of annual and seasonal climatic variation on
population dynamics: Implications for the semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer
tarandus) production" |
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VIII - Ph.D. seminar: Interrelationships of caribou/ reindeer and
environment (R.O. Rasmussen & B. Forbes)
Students:
I. Vistnes "Avoidance of cabins and power transmission lines by
semi-domesticated reindeer during calving";
C.Bergman
" Behavioural responses to resource availability by northern
ungulates" |
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WED 13.09 |
Kaamanen |
AM |
IX - Ph.D. seminars: Risk management and knowledge systems related to
reindeer husbandry and other types of work activity in arctic and
sub-arctic environments (W. Ruth, Y. Csonka) Students:
L.Giedraityte "Risk assessment and management of cold related health
hazards in Arctic workplaces"; A.
Kendrick " The effectiveness of co-management structures that attempt
to create bridges between western scientific knowledge and traditional
ecological knowledge (TEK)" |
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X - Ph.D. seminars: Future prospects and image-related questions of
reindeer husbandry (P. Soppela, B. Åhman)
Students:
J.O. Habeck "Reindeer husbandry in the European North of Russia: its
current situation and prospects";
Departure
to Inari Visit to
Sami Museum 'Siida' (R. Rasmussen) |
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Discussion around the camp fire (D. Klein, H.
McIntyre, B. Åhman) |
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THU 14.09. |
Inari |
AM |
Departure
to Savukoski Stops at
Lokka and Porttipahta artificial lakes (P. Soppela)
In the
bus: Students' work preparing questions for Vuotos discussion |
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Savukoski |
PM |
Arrival
in Savukoski Session
in the Nature Centre: Lecture: "Nenets reindeer herding in a current
Russian society" (T. Tuisku) Lecture:
"Vuotos reservoir issue in a nutshell" (H.Tiihonen) |
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Guest
talks & discussion:
J. Knuuti:
'About the effects of Vuotos on reindeer pastures'
R.
Hannuniemi-Pulska: ' Forest Sami reindeer herding' |
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FRI 15.09 |
Savukoski Rovaniemi |
AM |
Departure to Rovaniemi (170 km)
Press
conference at the Arctic Centre |
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Rovaniemi |
PM |
Lecture
(summary): Contradictions between reindeer management and other activities
of modern society (W. Ruth) Evaluation
Introduction
of the Course 2001 (W. Ruth) Discussion
about continuation (K. Ruth, P. Soppela)
Closing |
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SAT 16.09 |
Rovaniemi |
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Organisers' meeting, Arctic Centre |