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Arctic Continuity and Change

Northern Political economy team will organize its annual symposium in August 2018 in Rovaniemi. Arctic continuity and change are to be discussed from various viewpoints and disciplinary traditions. Researchers Marjo and Heidi are opening up the dynamics of Arctic continuity and the power of the rhetoric of change.    

Deatnu / Tana / Teno – The poor agreement and new stakeholders at the Finnish riverside

John Nystad, the deputy mayor of Kárášjohka gielda/Karasjok municipality and a local Sámi politician will share his critical remarks on the current agreement concerning the fishing rights in the border river, in the Sámi homeland between the states of Finland and Norway.   

Urban Arctic nature: A collaborator, competitor and catalyst

Spring has finally arrived to Lapland and nature around us is changing every day. Research professor Monica Tennberg takes a look at the different roles of nature within people's lives in the Arctic region   

Visiting Author: John Nystad – On current local issues in Kárášjohka/Karasjok 2/2

This is the concluding part of John Nystad’s speech in the closing seminar Recognising Indigenous Rights and Local Perspectives project at the Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, 14 February 2018. The text is based on his experiences in the current issues in Kárášjohka/Karasjok as a local Sámi politician and the deputy mayor of Kárášjohka/Karasjok. For further information concerning Davvi wind power station and the land rights claim to the Finnmark Commission, click the highlighted keywords.   

Visiting Author: John Nystad – On current local issues in Kárášjohka/Karasjok 1/2

John Nystad is the deputy mayor of Kárášjohka gielda/Karasjok municipality and a local Sámi politician. As an invited speaker in the closing seminar of the Recognising Indigenous Rights and Local Perspectives project at the Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, 14 February 2018, he gave the following speech and insights based on his experiences in the current issues in Kárášjohka/Karasjok.    

The Arctic Seen and Felt

Gemma Holt is deliberating the Arctic and Arcticness and what they mean to her as a temporary resident of the area   

A place in the Russian North with a Finnish past

Researcher and NPE team member Adrian Braun spent several weeks in 2017 in Petrozavodsk (Finnish Petroskoi), the capital of Russian Karelia and shares a few of his experiences and impressions about this city   

A tiny Climate Act – Freezing Energy Consumption

Researcher Joonas Vola shares his tiny climate innovation and challenges you to think your own climate act for the year 2018