Circumpolar Archives, Folklore, and Ethnography (CAFE)

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

Our 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

On 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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  • Entangled Indigenous Historicities from the Eurasian North

    Arzyutov, D., Lukin, K.

    Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society , vol. 47, no. 3

    Contributions to Journals: Special Issues

  • On Encountering and Holding Reindeer in a Convivial North

    Anderson, D. G.

    The Benefits of the Cold. Stammler, F., Takakura, H. (eds.). Routledge

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

  • Afterword: Concepts that Travel

    Anderson, D. G.

    Sentient Entanglements and Ruptures in the Americas: Human-Animal Relations in the Amazon, Andes, and Arctic. Loovers, P., Bolton, M. (eds.). Brill, pp. 135-145, 10 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Posle istorii antropologii (After the History of Anthropology)

    Arzyutov, D.

    Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie, no. 4, pp. 121–24

    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Khozhdenie kaninskogo samoedina I͡Akushki Pirchikova samovol'stvom v aglinskui͡u zemli͡u i obratno: k istorii nenet͡sko-angliĭskikh kontaktov v pervoĭ polovine XVII v. (A Journey of Yakushka Pirchikov to Anglia and Back: On the History of Nenets-English Contacts Back to the First Half of the 17th century)

    Arzyutov, D., Amelina, M.

    Siberica et Uralica: In memoriam Eugen Helimski. Anikin, A., Gusev, V., Urmancheva, A. (eds.). University of Szeged Press, pp. 415-451, 38 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Briefe in schwierigen Zeiten, in denen Boas „nein“ sagte: Zwei Erzählungen zu den Rändern von Franz Boas’ Res Publica Literaria (Letters in difficult times in which Boas said “no”: Two stories on the margins of Franz Boas’s Res Publica Literaria)

    Arzyutov, D.

    Franz Boas – die Haltung eines Wissenschaftlers in Zeiten politischer Umbrüche. Kasten, E. (ed.). Kulturstiftung Sibirien gGmbH, pp. 187-204, 18 pages

    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Ethno-Eye

    Arzyutov, D.

    The Russian Review, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 657-660

    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • ‘Etnos-thinking’ in 1917 and Today

    Anderson, D. G.

    Revolutionary Aftereffects: Material, Social, and Cultural Legacies of 1917 in Russia Today. Swift, M. (ed.). University of Toronto Press

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

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