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Circumpolar Archives, Folklore, and Ethnography (CAFE)

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Circumpolar Archives, Folklore, and Ethnography (CAFE)
Overview

CAFE is a thematic network for the University of the Arctic which focuses upon how archival collections, ethnographic fieldwork, and the study of folklore enrich the representation of and communication across the circumpolar region and its people.

The network will place an emphasis on how the digitization of manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings, and material objects is improving access to collections and making it possible to share collections with host communities. We will specifically examine the best practices of digital sharing and the ethical questions that these technologies pose.

The network is centered around the existing folklore, photographic, and ethnographic collections held by its founding members and will seek to involve community organizations, indigenous research institutes, local artists and media producers, and new academic partners to create a forum for discussing the role of these archives in cultural revival as well as collaborating to create innovative ways for archival materials to reach wider audiences.

Partners

International

  • Polar Libraries Colloquy

Scotland

  • University of Aberdeen
  • University of the Highlands and Islands

Norway

  • UIT The Arctic University of Norway

Faroe Islands

  • University of the Faroe Islands

Russian Federation

  • Northern (Arctic) Federal University
  • Northeastern Federal University

Finland

  • University of Lapland
  • Turku University
  • Helsinki University

Sweden

  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Umeå University

Iceland

  • University of Iceland

United States of America

  • Berkeley College
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks

If you are interested in joining the network, please send a paragraph describing your interests in circumpolar archival research, folklore, or ethnography, your address, and your email and website to the network co-ordinators.

Contact Details

Network Meetings

Turku Network meeting - 6 May 2018

At our first network meeting we discussed making a formal application to the UArctic to become a thematic network. We also identified future conferences and meetings where we could meet. Our application to the UArctic

Santiago de Compostela Network Meeting - 16 April 2019

people around a deskOur 2019 meeting involved seven members of the network and discussed future funding initiatives and a plan to start a field school. Minutes of meeting

Stockholm UArctic Council Meeting - 19 September 2019

presentation on a stageOn 19 September our network was approved officially at the UArctic Council Meeting in Stockholm.

UArctic Assembly, Portland Maine - 2 June 2023

After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, we held our first executive meeting in Portland

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  • Reindeer Imagery in the Making at Ust’-Polui in Arctic Siberia

    Nomokonova, T., Losey, R., Fedorova, N. V., Gusev, A. V., Arzyutov, D.
    Cambridge Archaeological Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 161-181
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774320000414
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  • More Than a Shaman: The Life History of An Altai Shepherd Surrounded by Sacred Mountains, Siberian Ethnographers, and Anthropological Ideas

    Arzyutov, D.
    Anthropology of Siberia in the Making: Openings and Closures from the 1840s to the Present. Habeck, J. O., Vaté, V. (eds.). Lit Verlag
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  • Puteshestvii͡a cherez sibirskui͡u step' i taĭgu k antropologicheskim kont͡sept͡sii͡am: ėtnoistorii͡a Sergei͡a i Elizavety Shirokogorovykh (Journeys through the Siberian Steppes and Taiga to Anthropological Concepts: The Ethno-history of Sergei and Elizabeth Shirokogoroff)

    Arzyutov, D. (ed.), Anderson, D. G. (ed.), Podrezova, S. (ed.)
    Vol. 1, Indrik, Moscow. 544 pages
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  • Reassembling the Environmental Archives of the Cold War: Perspectives from the Russian North

    Arzyutov, D.
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 221 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Dvoĭnoe poslanie’ ėtnosa: kommentariĭ k stat'e akademika Valerii͡a Tishkova (The "double bind" of the Etnos: A commentary on contribution by Academic Valerii Tishkov)

    Arzyutov, D., Anderson, D. G.
    Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie, no. 2, pp. 102–107
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ėtnografii͡a ėtnografa: Andreĭ Grigor’evich Danilin i ego arkhivy (Ethnography of an ethnographer: Andrei G. Danilin and his archives)

    Arzyutov, D., Danilina, L.
    Sibirskie istoricheskie issledovania, no. 4, pp. 274-325
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.17223/2312461X/30/14

  • Arctic: culture and climate : the Citi exhibition

    Lincoln, A. (ed.), Cooper, J. (ed.), Loovers, P. (ed.)
    Thames & Hudson, in collaboration with The British Museum, London. 320 pages
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  • Preface to Arctic: Culture and Climate

    Lincoln, A., Cooper, J., Loovers, P.
    Arctic: Culture and Climate. Lincoln, A., Cooper, J., Loovers, J. P. L. (eds.). Thames & Hudson, in collaboration with The British Museum, pp. 9
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