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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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  • The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 3: Paper Bridges Between Franz Boas and Russian Anthropology

    Arzyutov, D. (ed.), Kan, S. (ed.), Siragusa, L. (ed.), Pershai, A. (ed.)

    Vol. 3, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 1064 pages

    Books and Reports: Books

    Additional Links
    Book on publisher website

  • On Encountering and Holding Reindeer in a Convivial North

    Anderson, D. G.

    The Benefits of the Cold and Domestication: A New Understanding of Human–Animal Partnerships for Thriving in Extreme Environments. Stammler, F., Takakura, H. (eds.). Routledge, 20 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367467401

  • Circumpolar Imaginaries

    Anderson, D. G.

    Contributions to Conferences

  • Arctic Artisanal Whaling

    Anderson, D. G.

    Contributions to Conferences

  • Indigenous and Local Whaling in the Circumpolar Arctic

    Anderson, D. G.

    Contributions to Conferences

  • The terrestrial and spiritual imaginaries of Siberian entitlements of place

    Anderson, D. G.

    Anthropology of Siberia in the Making: Openings and closures from the 1840s to the present. Habeck, O., Vaté, V. (eds.). Lit Verlag

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

    Additional Links
    https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-91611-2/

  • Convivial relations in the North: Reflections on Food Sovereignty

    Anderson, D. G.

    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • When Siberian Indigenous Inscriptive Practices Meet Slavic and Eurasian Literature Studies

    Arzyutov, D., Siragusa, L.

    Inclusive Strategies and Critical Pedagogies for East European and Eurasian Languages. Rucker-Chang, S., Stauffer, R. (eds.). Academic Studies Press

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Anti Anti-Polyphony and the Borders of Modern Russian Anthropology

    Arzyutov, D.

    Academia Across the Borders. Melnikova, E., Vasilyeva, Z. (eds.). Kulturstiftung Sibirien gGmbH, pp. 20-30, 11 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Transnationalism and Rituals of Commensiality

    Anderson, D. G.

    Academia Across the Borders. Melnikova, E., Vasilyeva, Z. (eds.). Verlag der Kulturstiftung Sibirien, pp. 17-20, 4 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Fractal Conversations

    Anderson, D. G.

    A Fractured North – Journeys on Hold. Kasten, E., Krupnik, I., Fondahl, G. (eds.). SEC Publication, pp. 195-210, 16 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Pisʹma i proizvodstvo antropologicheskogo znanii͡a: Chast’ 1 (Letters and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge: Part 1)

    Arzyutov, D., Siragusa, L.

    Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, vol. 189, no. 5

    Contributions to Journals: Special Issues

  • Pisʹmo iz temnoty: retsentzia na knigu: Sergei Kan, ‘Lev Shternberg: ėtnolog, narodnik, borets za prava evreev’ (2023) (Letter from the Darkness: Review of Sergei Kan’s book ‘Lev Shternebrg…’ (2023))

    Arzyutov, D.

    Antropologicheskii Forum, vol. 61, pp. 230-235

    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.31250/1815-8870-2024-20-61-230-235

  • Rien ne se perd: du développement durable dans les pratiques des communautés autochtones du Nord russe (Nothing Is Lost: Sustainable Development in the Practices of Indigenous Communities in the Russian North)

    Siragusa, L., Arzyutov, D.

    Slavica Occitania, vol. 58, pp. 301-324

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Boas Bridges to Russia: Building Anthropologies with Letters

    Arzyutov, D., Kan, S., Siragusa, L.

    Paper Bridges Between Franz Boas and Russian Anthropology. Arzyutov, D., Kan, S., Siragusa, L., Pershai, A. (eds.). University of Nebraska Press

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Tri vstrechi s mamontom: sot͡sialʹnai͡a i politicheskai͡a zhiznʹ vymershego zhivotnogo (Three Encounters with the Mammoth: Social and Political Life of an Extinct Animal)

    Arzyutov, D.

    Arkheologii͡a Arktiki. Pitul'ko, V., Fedorova, N. (eds.). Book-Print, pp. 5-28, 24 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

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