Written by: Gerti Saxinger, Katariina Kyröla, Stephan Dudeck and Joachim Otto Habeck Call for Participation “Gender in Polar Research: Gendered field work conditions, epistemologies and legacies” A two-day workshop in the framework of: Arctic Science Summit Week 2020, Akureyri, Iceland, 29-30(TBC) March 2020 Funded by IASC - the International Arctic Science Committee The IASC Social Sciences … Continue reading Featured Event: Conference Call – “Gender in Polar Research: Gendered field work conditions, epistemologies and legacies”
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Tayana Arakchaa
I am from the Republic of Tyva, Siberia. I completed my undergraduate education at Irkutsk State Linguistic University (Russia) in English as a Foreign Language and French in 1995. Afterward, I taught English at Tuvan State University. Subsequently, I decided to change my field of study and research to cultural anthropology. In pursuit of my … Continue reading Tayana Arakchaa
Carina Ren
Besides being the Head of AAU Arctic, the cross-faculty platform for Arctic research at Aalborg University, Denmark, I conduct research on Arctic tourism development and entrepreneurship. I am originally trained as an Ethnologist at the University of Copenhagen and have a PhD in Tourism from the University of Southern Denmark. Today, I am associate professor … Continue reading Carina Ren
Fieldwork Reflection: Jasmiini Pylkkänen
Read about Jasmiini Pylkkänen's experience doing fieldwork in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Fieldwork Reflection: Megan Sheremata
Hear about the experiences Megan Sheremata and her reflections on doing research in the Canadian Arctic.

