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* * * * Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV) The Power of Traditions: Identities, Politics and Social Sciences May 16 to 20, 2001 * * * * EDITORIAL Toward a Circumpolar Mobility Program One major barrier to creating a circumpolar research community is the limited number of exchange opportunities. These limitations do not apply to the research initiatives of those granting organisations with a large geographical (and international) scope. Rather, they are evident in the rules established by many granting organisations limiting the types of exchange that is fundable. For instance, it is almost impossible for a Russian graduate student to access a mobility grant allowing him or her to visit North American institutions; and it is almost impossible for an academic researcher to directly access research funds from a research council located in a foreign country, even when the principal investigator is a resident of that host country.
In the last five years, the need for comparative circumpolar research has increased sharply alongside a need for stronger and more effective international research networks. The limitations imposed on exchange opportunities have become a real obstacle for research initiatives that are international and comparative. Although researchers and institutions continue to cope with the burden of finding others sources of funding to overcome the limitations mentioned above, these sources do not always support the work of the graduate students. It is their situation which is the worst and which calls for a very special effort from our community.
During the last year, we opened discussions with some of the major research granting organisations in order to address this problem. Our aim is to encourage them to create a common circumpolar program, a program that will break down the barriers limiting international collaboration and exchange. As is evident to those who have tried before, trying to change the attitudes and policies of well-established institutions is both slow and difficult. For this reason, we need the support and help of all our members to work collectively on this issue. We will discuss this issue formally at ICASS IV, and hope that all interested members will find the means to attend this important meeting. Gérard Duhaime, IASSA Chair
IASSA representation at the Arctic Council For a few years now, IASSA had tried to get an accredited status to attend meetings of the Arctic Council. IASSA is the only truly broad-based arctic organization which integrates disciplines and communities and being an observer at the Arctic Council is a major way of effectively communicating back to the communities about arctic affairs.
The issue of intellectual property was raised by the Saami, in particular with respect to Eco-Tourism. There were detailed reports by various working groups (AMAP etc.) and other international bodies (Nordic Council etc.).
The Northern Forum made a big presentation and wants regular membership. Progress is being made on the University of the Arctic. Public Awareness, Education and Outreach were emphasized at all levels.
These long meetings are very important as a basis for formal and informal information exchanges. The formal meetings were literally diplomatic and there were no open debates or criticisms of programs or stances. The meeting focused on information and status reports. Everyone agreed that the personal interactions were the most valuable aspects of these get-togethers. A large number of information sheets, reports and books were also made available. Overall, the benefit is the very fact that so many groups are actually in the same room for three days talking about arctic issues."
In our next Newsletter we will include a report by Rick Caulfield on the SAO meetings in Fairbanks that he attended in April.
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Information on the Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV) The triennial congress of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) The Power of Traditions: Identities, Politics and Social Sciences May 16 to 20, 2001
The objective of the congress is to share ideas and results on social sciences research done in the Arctic. It is also hoped that the congress will promote and stimulate international cooperation.
Suggested sessions included so far are: archaeological and historical heritage in Nunavik; arts and artists; community-oriented projects in archaeology; dictionary making for Inuit languages; education; economy; environmental changes and society; food security; governance and aboriginal people; languages and oral traditions, memory and history; oral history research; rapid cultural changes in the North; teaching aboriginal languages; third worldization of Northern Russia; transition in health status and medical practices; University of the Arctic; zooarchaeology.
Congress location: ICASS IV will be held at the Hotel Loews Le Concorde in the old part of Quebec City. A large number of rooms has been booked for ICASS IV participants at the special rate of 149$ Ca (taxes not included) for single or double occupancy. The deadline to make reservations is April 16, 2001. Please mention ICASS IV when making your reservations at: http://www.loewshotels.com/leconcordehome.html
Costs: Participants are expected to pay their own travel, accommodation and local costs. Only paid-up members of IASSA are allowed to participate to the congress. Congress fees will be as follows: Before March 1, 2001: After March 1, 2001:
Congress languages: Papers can be presented in English or in French. No translation services will be provided during presentations.
More information on ICASS IV: Can be found on http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/iassa ICASS IV sessions: Suggested sessions so far are listed below: Archaeological and historical heritage in Nunavik Archaeological research in Northern Europe Archaeological research in Northern Russia Arctic economy Arts and the artists in the Arctic Beyond the Arctic Small Tool Tradition; looking at Palaeoeskimo peoples Business and society in the North Circumpolar Mobility Program Communicating scientific knowledge about the peoples of the Arctic Community-oriented projects in northern archaeology Dictionary making in Inuit languages Early European-Inuit contacts Environmental changes and society in the Arctic Food security in the circumpolar Arctic Governance and Aboriginal People Higher education in the Arctic Impact studies in archaeology Justice and the Articulation of State Power and Tradition in the North Keeping tradition in clothing Living conditions in the Arctic Language and oral traditions in the Arctic Local communities and global processes Media and northern identities Memory and history in the Arctic Museum representations of northern peoples Narrative that Heals Rapid cultural changes in the North Religious mediations Seal Hunting: a multi-millenary activity Social sciences research in Kamchatka Suicide among circumpolar peoples Teaching Aboriginal languages Transformation of health status and medical practices in the Arctic University of the Arctic Zooarchaeology in the Arctic
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80th annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association May 25-27, 2001 Laval University, Quebec City The following themes have been selected for 2001: 1) Heritage and Culture: Yesterday and Today With its annual meeting being held in Quebec City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Canadian Historical Association has the opportunity to reflect on the broad theme of heritage and its place in culture. Relevant subjects might include the history and evolution of the ever-changing notion of heritage, heritage-related actions, battles and policies past and present and the role of intellectuals in the construction of heritage. 2) Institutions, Power, and Society This theme seeks to encourage examinations of the role of institutions in the distribution and exercise of power and in the configuration of different societies. Institutions are taken in their broadest sense and can be political, religious, judicial, educational, etc. Of particular interest will be the ways in which institutions can both stem from and maintain differentiation, within and between distinct societies. Examples of possible subjects include differential access to institutions or the importance of institutions for minority cultures. 3) Interdisciplinarity: Myths and Realities at the Beginning of the 21st Century There has been much talk of interdisciplinarity in recent decades. Some have practiced it actively while others have never turned to it. It is well-established, with well-known figures, but has yet to win unchallenged acceptance. What role has interdisciplinarity played in recent historical practice and historical theory? What critical assessment of interdisciplinarity can we make after all of these years? 4) Society and the Natural World From the beginning, human societies have interacted with the natural world, which has been the source of great benefits and also of great dangers, and which has also been profoundly affected by human activity. This theme addresses the relationship between societies and nature, and especially the responses to and impact of natural dangers and disasters,
These themes are not limited to Canadian history and the participation of non-Canadianists is encouraged. Proposals for papers and sessions on other topics are also welcomed.
Proposals for papers (maximum one page), or for entire sessions, with a one-page curriculum vitae for each presenter, should be sent before October 30, 2000 to: Alain Laberge and Donald Fyson Fax: (418) 656-3603
7th Circumpolar Universities Co-operation Conference, When Distance is a Challenge, August 19-21, 2001, Tromsø, Norway email:
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Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV), The Power of Traditions: Identities, Politics and Social Sciences, May 16 to 20, 2001 Quebec City, Canada First Call For Papers Please submit titles of papers and abstracts and/or titles of sessions you would like to chair by September 15, 2000
We prefer email but you can also reach us at: ICASS IV Organizing Committee Tel.: (418) 656-7596
Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV), Session on Dictionary Making for Inuit Languages, May 16 to 20, 2001, Quebec City, Canada Ever since the languages of the Inuit were first written over 200 years ago, both Inuit and non-Inuit language specialists have had dictionary making as a central concern. Numerous Inuit language dictionaries have been published over the years, and currently there are more than a dozen dictionary projects underway. Presumably, these dictionaries share some similar goals: dictionaries should list individual lexemes and be linguistically accurate while not overly technical, so that they are accessible for non-specialists.
Dictionaries also differ in their goals and their organization: they may cover a single dialect or many dialects; they may be organized alphabetically or by topic; they may or may not use special symbols to communicate linguistic information such as transitivity or part of speech; they include example sentences or not; they include varying degrees of supplementary cultural information; they employ a stem and sub-entry format or else keep all entries on one level only; main entries may be abstract word stems or else inflected forms; treatment of neologisms varies; place names and personal names may be included in the main section or in an appendix or not at all. Format may vary with the goals of the dictionary and the views of the particular lexicographer, or in some cases language and dialect differences may dictate a particular treatment of the morphemes listed.
This session will provide an opportunity for those interested in Inuit language dictionaries to meet and discuss their projects and particular areas of concern in Inuit lexicography, in hopes that an exchange of ideas with others who are facing the same issues will illuminate our otherwise solitary task. Participants are asked to prepare specific questions and concerns of interest to the group for general discussion and possibly bring in sample materials to clarify the organization of their dictionary. The session will take up issues particular to Inuit lexicography, such as questions of format, orthography, and audience, and not general subjects such as the difficulty of translating from one language to another. For additional information, contact: ICASS IV Organizing Committee
Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV), Session on Languages and Oral Traditions in the Arctic, May 16 to 20, 2001, Quebec City, Canada Faced with the combined effects of settlement, christianization, forced education and the constant assault of mass media on their ancestral language, many Aboriginal People today have no choice but to answer a very difficult question: Is it possible to preserve and bequeath Oral Traditions to posterity in a different language than the one used by a given community to create them in the first place? This question of course brings forth many problems of identity for Aboriginal people but it also raises many methodological problems for researchers in Social Sciences. It seems highly important to define the place of Aboriginal languages in Oral Traditions. Are they simply inert material supporting universal concepts or should they be seen as an essential component of that tradition? What kind of scientific value can we give to a translation? How can we evaluate the competence of an interpreter in a language erosion context? How far can poetic license can go before destroying the essence of the message? Is a word-for-word translation more precise? What is the importance of prosodic features and body language in the transcription of Oral Traditions? What is the social relevance of a translated Oral Tradition?
The problems raised by this question are complex and any hint of an answer will naturally be tinged by the ethnic heritage or the research field of the participant. The goal of this session is to present and analyze some leads on how to tackle this question in a multidisciplinary context. This session is open to everyone that has to work with Oral Traditions: Aboriginal people, researchers in Social Sciences, linguists or poets. For informations, please contact ICASS IV Organizing committee
Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV), Session on Memory and History in the Arctic, May 16 to 20, 2001, Quebec City, Canada In the Arctic as elsewhere, human groups continually mobilize their traditions or various elements of their past, history and memory to defend their interests, assert their rights and protect their social and cultural identities. Such an infatuation for traditions takes quite many forms locally and regionally: valorization of elders and of traditional knowledge; gathering of oral tradition data; projects of oral and local history; creation of databases, museums and heritage centers; materials development for classroom, schools and community; integration of tradition in the newly developed socio-political structures; preservation of memory, through the use of writing and the new technologies; efforts to develop original perspectives on history, etc., etc.
It must be added that the memory and history of many Arctic populations have recently been mobilized in other settings. In Canada, for example, the land use and occupancy projects (in the 1970s and 1980s) prepared the important socio-political agreements (such as Nunavut) nowadays being implemented; the public consultations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples (in the 1990s) revealed great social and cultural dramas (residential schools, relocations of Aboriginal communities) and forced the Canadian government to pay important monetary compensations. In view of all of this, it is not surprising that there is a great deal of interest for traditions, memory and history, since it enables groups to better understand the past, as well as to manage the present and prepare the future.
In the Arctic, which place do tradition and traditions continue to occupy? Why? How is the past being represented? By whom? How can we interpret this infatuation for oral tradition, oral history and traditional knowledge? To which use are oral tradition databases to be put? How is history being made and written? Is there an original Aboriginal perspective on history? On the point of view of the study of memory and history, which collaboration can be established between the southern researchers and the inhabitants of the north? Which role do individual and collective memories play in the making up of the present and the future? Where do memories engrave themselves? How do they evolve? Are there "inventions of traditions"?
This session is open to all types of contributions and aims to let those interested in such questions make public their research, put their ideas in common, establish comparisons between different regions of the Arctic and maybe establish future collaborations. For additional information, contact: ICASS IV Organizing Committee
Western Regional Science Association Fortieth Annual Meetings, Sessions on Remote Regions / Northern Development, Palm Springs, California, February 25-28, 2001 The fortieth annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association will include a series of Remote Regions/Northern Development sessions to accommodate social scientists who have a special interest in research on economic, social, political, and cultural issues in remote, sparsely settled regions in the circumpolar north and elsewhere. In the past, researchers from Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, Australia, Micronesia, Israel, and the coterminous United States have presented papers.
The Remote Regions/ Northern Development sessions are in their eighteenth year. We are again issuing a general call for papers from economists, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, planners, and others involved in research in northern and other remote regions.
General topics include the analysis and discussion of economic, political, and social-cultural change in remote and sparsely settled regions. While papers on any topic consistent with the general theme are welcomed, examples of specific topics might include: the effects of government expenditures; the conditions of success or failure of development projects; sustainable development; relations between the subsistence and market economies; Native labor force participation; regional benefits and costs of development; economic integration and cultural preservation; migration; changing social patterns; housing, health, education, and community development; Native sovereignty and federalism; comparative Native claims; political movements, settlements, and outcomes; development of local and regional political institutions; resource ownership and management regimes.
Send two copies of your paper by November 1, 2000 to:
American Review of Canadian Studies: Call for submissions for a "First Nations" Issue The American Review of Canadian Studies (ARCS), the journal of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), is a refereed multidisciplinary quarterly journal.
ARCS is planning a special "First Nations" issue and invites articles, essays, and book reviews which focus on the Indigenous People of Canada, including "Indians," Metis, and Circumpolar Peoples. The essays can address any First Nations subject, including, but not limited to literature, politics, education, arts, law, and culture.
Essays which are "cross-border" and/or place First Nations experience within the broader context of North American Indigenous experience are especially welcome. We also feel that essays which explore contemporary First Nations issues that are prominent in Canadian society which may be Phil Bellfy
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CONFERENCES
AAAS Arctic Science Conference 2000: "Science and Communities: Crossing Borders", Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, September 21-24, 2000 For more information: http://www.taiga.net/arctic2000/index.html
Beringia Days, Anchorage, Alaska, October 11-12, 2000 For more information about Beringia Days, please call the National Park Service: Peter Richter 907/257-2617
Boreal Forests of the World V: Living with the Taiga, Moscow, Russia, September 17-22, 2000 As we enter the 21st century, peoples, communities, countries and corporations are all searching for security -- security for environment, livelihoods and investments. Many of us are asking questions such as: What major trends are shaping the boreal forest? What is the status of multiple-use forest management in the taiga? Can the boreal forest be a source for industry, bring benefits to local populations and provide a home for animals? Is there such a thing as 'sustainable' industrial forestry? What lessons can indigenous peoples teach the rest of us about providing for community and wilderness?
Nowhere more than in Russia, which contains more than half of the world's coniferous forests and 40% of the standing old growth softwood timber, are those questions in urgent need of an answer. This is why we have chosen to hold our fifth international conference near Moscow on the theme of "Living with the Taiga" and the role of multiple use forest management in promoting socially beneficial, economically viable and ecologically sound forestry.
The conference program is structured to allow for a constructive, multi-stakeholder dialogue on the above questions and to publicize the numerous initiatives undertaken by civil society, governments and the private sector to protect and promote more socio-ecological and economic values, all of which are crucial elements for creating true sustainability in the taiga.
Find the conference announcement on the TRN web site http://www.snf.se/TRN
If you are interested in further information on the conference, please contact Dimitry Aksenov [ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ] or the TRN International Coordination Centre at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Challenge of Change: 2000 Yukon North Slope Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, September 18-20, 2000 The changing environment of the Yukon North Slope will be the focus of the 2000 Yukon North Slope Conference. The conference will include workshops on: climate change; changing development activities (such as anticipated oil and gas exploration); local community change; and, changes in wildlife populations and habitat.
Additional workshop areas may be identified as the agenda is developed. The Yukon North Slope Conference is a constitutionally entrenched requirement of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. The purpose of the conference is "to promote public discussion among natives, governments and
To request an information package, please contact: 2000 Yukon North Slope Conference Phone: 403/667-8553
International Youth Conference "Indigenous Peoples and the Environment of the Russian Arctic," Tomsk, Russia, September 4 - 6, 2000
51st AAAS Arctic Science Conference - 2000, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, September 21-24, 2000 The 51st Arctic Science Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is accepting abstracts for oral presentations and posters. The conference theme is "Crossing Borders: Science and Community." The conference is hosted by the Yukon Science Institute. For more information see the web site listed below or contact:
Conference Chair: Joan Eamer,
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International Workshop on Arctic Parasitology (IWAP), Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1-4 October 2000 This workshop will be held at the Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1-4 October 2000, and will bring together participants from Scandinavia, the United States, and Canada. The major foci of the workshop will be on parasites of arctic ruminants and parasitic infections of public health concern for northern residents. The workshop will review the current status and identify issues of possible concern in the future. For information about the International Workshop on Arctic Parasitology, contact: Dr. Lydden Polley Phone: 306/975-6713
4th Mummy Congress, Nuuk, Greenland, September 4-10, 2001 For more information, please contact:
National Council on Public History 2001 Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 18-22, 2001 For further information, contact:
North meets North: The first meeting of NRF (Northern Research Forum), Akureyri, Iceland, 4-6 November 2000 For more information: NRF Secretariat, http://www.urova.fi/home/uarctic/activities/nrf.html
4th Congress of Russian Ethnographers and Anthropologists, Nalchik, Republic of Kabardino-Balkariya, Russia, September, 2001 We are planning to discuss ethnological and anthropological approaches on a problem of time and how time changes approaches of researchers for the same most problem.
Besides we will discuss other important problems, which is connected with formation and development of peoples and cultures, linguistic, ethnocultural and ethnopolitical situations and processes, in particular the Caucasus region; scientific development's questions, ethnographical museology and others. Results of last researches in area of physical anthropology, gender studies, ethnogenetical studies, folk and State law, ethnoarchaeological and ethnodemographical investigations will be presented.
For more information: Russian Ethnographical and Anthropological Association phone: + 7 095 938 0712
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GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Sun Fellowship for an Aboriginal Scholar McGill University is seeking a leading Aboriginal scholar with an interest in preserving and promoting Aboriginal culture. The New Sun Fellowship is offered to qualified Aboriginal women or men working in one of the following
Minimum qualifications of a Masters Degree or equivalent is required. Candidates finishing a doctoral degree are encouraged to apply. The Fellow will be expected to teach and carry out research in an appropriate subject and to be a resource person for McGill's Aboriginal students in association with the McGill First People's House. The candidate will be expected to lecture, lead seminars and workshops.
Expected start date for the Fellowship is Fall 2000. The Fellowship is offered for a two year term with a salary in the Assistant/Associate Professor range. Financial support for research and travel is also available. McGill University is committed to equity in employment. Application or inquiry to : Dr. Laurie Chan,
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS
IDGEC International Project Office The international project on the Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC) seeks a highly qualified person to serve half-time as director of the IDGEC International Project Office (IPO) and half-time as a postdoctoral fellow working on themes of interest to IDGEC.
IDGEC is a long-term research project dealing with the roles that institutions play both in causing and confronting largescale environmental changes. This project is one of a family of projects operating under the auspices of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change. The IDGEC IPO is located at Dartmouth College; it operates under the general direction of the IDGEC Scientific Steering Committee which is chaired by Oran Young who is Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth.
The director of the IDGEC IPO must have scientific credentials (preferably a PhD in one of the relevant social sciences) and be able and willing to participate in the development and conduct of flagship research activities, to help in forging partnerships with other research programs, to represent the project in international settings, and to work with individual members of the IDGEC Network. Computer skills and familiarity with the development of web sites are essential. Experience with quantitative analysis or modeling would be helpful. The occupant of this position will be expected to conduct research on substantive matters of interest to IDGEC. Among the project's current interests are the institutional dimensions of carbon management, the performance of exclusive economic zones, and the political economy of boreal and tropical forests. Additional themes may emerge in the future. An interest in one of IDGEC's priority regions - Southeast Asia and the Circumpolar North - would be helpful, though not essential.
Additional information on the project may be found at the IDGEC web site [www.dartmouth.edu/~idgec].
The successful applicant will be appointed initially for a term of one year. But the appointment may be extended one year at a time for up to two additional years. Salary will be in the range of $35-40,000 USD. The position is available from 1 September 2000.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates should submit applications, consisting of a curriculum vitae, the names of three referees, and a letter explaining their qualifications for the position by email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or by fax (603-646-1279).
Lecturer in Social Anthropology The Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, Scottland, UK, wishes to build up its recently established programme in Social Anthropology, with a distinctively northern focus, by making an appointment to a newly created lectureship. You should have experience of anthropological fieldwork and should have completed or be nearing completion of your PhD. You will be required to contribute to the teaching of social anthropology at all undergraduate levels, as well as to postgraduate training and supervision and to pursue an active programme of research. You should also be prepared to work closely with colleagues in Sociology. The post carries no restrictions as regards topics of theoretical specialisation, but preferences will be given to candidates whose interests lie in the general area of the Anthropology of the North.
The appointment will be for 3 years in the first instance. Salary: ?17,238 - ?30,065 per annum Closing date for application: 15 September 2000.
Informal enquiries concerning the post may be made to
Application forms and further particulars are available from Human Resources, University Office, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, telephone (01224) 272727 quoting reference number FSO401A. A 24-hour answering service is in operation.
Senior Professor (Full Professor) in Ethnology /Anthropology Applications are invited for the position of senior professor (full professor) in ethnology/anthropology at Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland)'s Department of Cultural & Social History. The position is permanent, but can be held for a three-year period only if the professor so wishes. The date for entering upon the position is January 1st 2001.
There is an equal distribution between the research and the tuitional obligations inherent in the position. In research the professor has to deal with subjects related to the cultural and social evolution in Greenland and/or the Arctic region. The tuitional duties include: 1) on the B.A. level: methodology and field work techniques, history of anthropology and instruction/supervision of students writing their B.A.-thesis; 2) on the M.A. level: instruction and supervision in specialized subjects and supervision of students writing their M.A.-thesis; 3) on PhD level: courses for doctorate students and supervision of PhD-students.
Apart from research and instruction, the professor also will be charged with some administrative tasks related to the working of the department of Cultural & Social History. In consequence, alongside with the scientific and pedagogical achievements of the applicants the assessment committee will also consider their administrative merits and experiences.
Applications must contain detailed information about the applicant's achievements within research, tuition / supervision and administration. Enclosed with their applications the applicants must send 3 copies of the scientific works they want to have taken into consideration in the assessment of their scientific merits. An assessment committee will consider the applications and the final rulings of the committee will be sent to each of the applicants. Terms of salary and professional obligations are regulated according to agreements between Greenland's Home Rule and the academic unions.
Within certain limits the travel expenses (including removal of furniture) involved in taking up residence in Nuuk are paid for by Ilisimatusarfik. A residence in Nuuk, for which a rent has to be paid by the professor, is provided by the university. The number of rooms of the residence depends upon the size of the family. It must be said, however, that due to the present lack of available residences in Nuuk, the professor must resign himself/herself to the fact that it may take several months before a permanent residence can be offered.
Further information about the position etc. is given at request by Daniel Thorleifsen, Head of the Department of Cultural & Social History, or Ole Marquardt, President (rector) of the University of Greenland. In both cases the phone number is + 299 324566 and the fax number + 299 324711.
The application (including all enclosed material) must be sent by airmail and is to be received by Ilisimatusarfik no later than October 1st 2000. It must be adressed to: Rector Ole Marquardt General information in English about Ilisimatusarfik and the Department of Cultural & Social History can be found at the university's web-site:
Social-Cultural Anthropologist University of Alberta, Department of Anthropology, seeks a Social-Cultural Anthropologist with a specialization in the ethnography of Northern peoples (broadly construed). This is a tenure-stream appointment at the junior level. Topical preferences include but are not restricted to cognitive anthropology, ecological anthropology, visual anthropology, and political anthropology and contemporary indigeneity. We prefer candidates whose work and publications address contemporary theory and practice. A PhD is required at the time of appointment. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to both the undergraduate and graduate programs. Deadline for application is 1 October 2000.
In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Applications must include a letter describing areas of teaching and research interest, a vita, and samples of publications and evaluations of teaching performance if available recommendation should be submitted by three referees. All materials should be sent to: Dr. Nancy C. Lovell, Applications by fax to 780-492-1526 or by email
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
Alberta's North: A History, 1890-1950 by Donald G. Wetherell and Irene R.A. Kmet Many groups have shaped the development of Alberta's North. Since the late 1800s, the hopes, ambitions, and needs of Aboriginal people, the fur traders, Metis, missionaries, railway promoters, and entrepreneurs, farm settlers, and those who exploited fur, oil sands, lumber, fish, salt, and other minerals in the north have created a diverse society and economy. With the signing of Treaty 8 in 1899, Euro-Canadian interest and activity grew, and after 1905, the new province of Alberta further added to the forces promoting change in northern Alberta. As modern transportation made its way into northern Alberta, the Peace River country emerged as an important agricultural region, despite its distance from major markers and northern locations.
The Aboriginal economy, based on hunting, trapping, labour, and other seasonal activities, endured in much of northern Alberta but faced many challenges and was often displaced -despite the promises of Treaty 8- by Euro-Canadian interests. Alberta's North follows the transformation of northern Alberta after 1890 and the diverging ideals, economic activities, and social life and institutions that characterized its development. To order: contact, CCI Press at (780) 492-4512 FAX: (780) 492-1153 or email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dependency, Autonomy, Sustainability in the Arctic, Hanne Petersen and Birger Poppel (eds) ISBN: 1-84014-701-6, 1999, 392 pages, $78.95 Hardback Dependency, Autonomy, Sustainability in the Arctic deals with issues, processes and values which have been of general importance in the 20th century, and which have become especially important in the Arctic region during the last few decades. It employs a regional perspective, and as such deals with issues of special relevance and pertinence for populations in the Arctic.
The problems and perspectives are however also of interest for indigenous peoples in general, as well as relevant for populations living under different types of self-government and home rule regimes. The book focuses upon the interrelation between concepts of political and economic concepts of dependency and autonomy and the concept of sustainability.
The book is available from the following web sites:
Endangered Peoples of the Arctic: Struggles to Survive and Thrive by Milton M. R. Freeman
The Future of an Arctic Resource: Recommen-dations from the Barrow Area Research Support Workshop" Wendy K. Warnick, the Executive Director of ARCUS announced that new publication which is a report from arctic residents and the arctic research community to the National Science Foundation.
Scientific research has been conducted in the area of Barrow, Alaska, for more than a hundred years. Few places in the world, and fewer still in the Arctic, have witnessed a similar concentration of research over an extended period or such outstanding community support for both the research and the researchers. In December 1998, at the request of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) organized a community workshop to consider means and priorities to support science activities in the Barrow area. The Barrow Area Research Support (BARS) workshop included 67 research scientists, Barrow residents, federal agency representatives, logistics providers, and regional government officials.
The resulting report was developed with extensive comments and review from the workshop participants and other interested parties. The organizing committee, chaired by Henry Huntington, thanks all those who contributed to
PDF copies of the report are available on the web at: The printed publication is available from the ARCUS office upon request: ARCUS
Identity and Cultural Contacts in the Arctic. Proceedings from a Conference at the Danish National Musuem, Copenhagen, November 30 to December 2, 1999. Martin Appelt, Joel Berglund and Hans Christian Gull?ds.). Danish Polar Center Publication no. 7, 2000. Price: 18US$ Can be ordered from: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at the following web site: http://.www.dcp.dk/
Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia by David G. Anderson The book published by Oxford University Press in 2000 documents the economy, politics, and history of central Siberia through the prism of the lives of the Number One Reindeer Brigade. This book has been completely reworked from the author's doctoral dissertation and has a rich collection of maps and photographs. Can be purchased directly from the following websites: Europe: http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-823385-X
Integration vs. Autonomy: Civil-Military Rela-tions on the Kola Peninsula by Geir Honneland and Anne-Kristin Jorgensen ISBN 0 7546 2058 1, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Hants. For more information, please contact: Tel.: (47) 67 11 19 00
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Project Catalogue 2000 This is available in both printed form from: And on the internet at http://www.iasc.no/
Ocherki Istorii Traditsionnogo Zemlepol'zolva-niya Khantov (Materialyk Atlasu)/ Essays on Khanty Traditional Land Use and History Yekaterinburg. Tezis, 1999. 214 pages. A new, Russian-language book of scholarly essays, based on archival research as well as contemporary linguistic, archeological and ethnographic fieldwork, is now available. This work, a collaboration of colleagues at New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, USA), Urals State University and the Urals Branch, Institute of History and Archaeology, Russian Academy of Science (both Yekaterinburg, Russia), was made possible by a grant from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Supply is very limited.
Cost: $12.00 USD + Postage $1.50 (North America) or $3.50 elsewhere. Payable by Check or Money Order only to: email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Palaeoeskimo cultural transition: A case study from Ivujivik, Eastern Arctic by Murielle Ida Nagy Avataq Cultural Institute, Nunavik Archaeology Monograph Series No. 1, 2000. Price: 25.00$ CAN (plus shipping and handling fees). Shipping and handling fees for Canada: 5.00$ CAN; for USA: 9.05$ CAN (air); 6.80$ CAN (surface); for Europe: 17.00$ CAN (air); 7.60$ CAN (surface). Cheque or international money order payable to: Avataq Cultural Institute. Please send your order to: Avataq Cultural Institute
Perspectives on Traditional Law. Interviewing Inuit Elders. Volume 2., Oosten, J., F. Laugrand & W. Rasing (eds) Published by the Nunavut Arctic College in two volumes; one in English and one in Inuktitut. They are 40$ Ca. (30$ Ca. for students) per volume. Can be ordered by writing to: Nunavut Arctic College Library
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Polar Aspects of Global Change, (24-28 August 1998, Tromsø, Norway) Published by the Norwegian Polar Institute in a special double issue of Polar Research (1999; vol. 18, no. 2) . It can be purchased for NOK 250 (US $35). To order, contact:
Raven's Saga: An Arctic Odyssey by Peter Schledermann Between 1978 and 1992, archaeological excavations on the central east coast of Ellesmere Island uncovered one of the largest concentrations of Norse artifacts discovered in North America. Most of the finds were made in 700-year-old Inuit winter house ruins on Skraeling Island and included chain mail pieces, Viking ship rivets, woven woolen cloth, a carpenter's plane, and spear and knife blades. The Norse finds have been widely published in the scientific and the general media and many of the artifacts are currently on display at the Smithsonian exhibit, "Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga," in Washington, D.C., and at the "Full Circle" Viking exhibit in St. John's, Newfoundland.
In his new book, "Raven's Saga: An Arctic Odyssey," Peter Schledermann has drawn on available historic and scientific evidence of Norse activities in Greenland towards the end of the thirteenth century, setting the stage for a Norse voyage of exploration to the High Arctic.
As the crew of the "Raven" watch familiar landmarks sink below the southern horizon, they are aware of the importance of their mission: to search for new areas to hunt walrus and narwhal and to learn about the newcomers to their land-the Thule culture Inuit or "Skraelings" as the Norsemen call them. The leader of the expedition, Tore Eyvindsson, is aware that the voyage represents more than mere exploration-proud and independent Greenlanders have watched with increasing alarm the gradual erosion of their free state by the Church and the Norwegian crown. New laws, increasing taxes, the enforcement of a Norwegian trade monopoly and consolidation of ecclesiastic power and land ownership have placed large numbers of crofters in crushing debt to powerful chieftains. At the same time, deteriorating climatic conditions have reduced hay yields and an already short growing season. Tore and his backers in Vesterbygd are convinced that only the discovery of new sources of ivory and the possibility of trading with Skraelings can counter the controlling forces in Austerbygd that threaten Tore's family and friends.
The book can be obtained from: Cost: Cdn. $15.00; US $12.00 plus shipping ($6.00 in Canada and the US; $10.00 overseas) Payable by Check, Money Order or Visa.
Sápmi i förändringens tid. En studie av svenska samers levnadsvillkor under 1900-talet ur ett genus- och etnicitetsperspektiv. (Kulturens frontlinjer, skrifter från forskningsprogrammet Kulturgräns Norr 20) by Andrea Amft This dissertation is a study of the changing living conditions for the Sami in Swedish S?i (Samiland) throughout the twentieth century with an analysis based on a gender and ethnic perspective.
At the turn of the century, the Sami lived as nomadic reindeer herders and were primarily self-sufficient. This changed as the reindeer herders shifted from a self-sufficient lifestyle to a money economy for a variety of reasons. Over time they became more integrated in the dominant Swedish society and even more dependent on it. Reindeer herding has become increasingly mechanized since the 1960s with rationalizations as a result.
Even in to the 1990s the industry was the object of streamlining efforts. A process of masculinization has also occurred and today's reindeer herding is a distinctly male coded profession. Women do not regularly participate in the daily work of reindeer herding and their ability to have any direct influence on the herding districts (sameby) is limited. This is also largely true in terms of the Sami Parliament, the Sami popularly elected body. The Sami population has experienced unfavorable special legislation and regulation from the State. The population was divided into several different categories with different rights. Sami women were marginalized two-fold and subordinated, partly because of their ethnic affiliation (as Sami) and partly because of their sex (as women). This continues to be true today.
The Sami identity is sex-based, i.e. there is a difference between a "male Sami" and a "female Sami." Sami women, unlike Sami men, cannot be politically active while also being active based on their sexual identity. Were they to do so, they would be excluded by definition from their ethnic group. Sami women must therefore subordinate themselves as women to be "genuine" Sami. They thereby contribute to their own marginalization and help maintain their own subordinated position in the Sami society.
The text is in Swedish with English and Sami summaries. Cost: 175:- SEK + postage. Order from: Kristina Hellman, Email:
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Saqqaq: An Inuit hunting community in the modern world by Jens Dahl Published in 2000 by University of Toronto Press. Can be ordered from:
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The Transition to Christianity. Inuit Perspectives to the XXth Century. Volume 1., Oosten, J. & F. Laugrand (eds) Published in two volumes by the Nunavut Arctic College; one in English and one in Inuktitut. They are 40$ Ca. (30$ Ca. for students) per volume. Cn be ordered by writing to: Nunavut Arctic College Library
Un/Covering the North: News, Media, and Aboriginal People by Valerie Alia Chapters are: 1 Southern Exposure: Portrayals of the North
To order, please contact: http://www.ubcpress.ubc.ca or: Tel.: (604) 822-5959
Voyage to Greenland: A Personal Initiation into Anthropology by Frederica de Laguna Dr. Frederica de Laguna, now in her nineties, conducted her first archaeological fieldwork in Greenland in the mid-to-late twenties and published shortly afterwards a book about that experience called "Voyage to Greenland: A Personal Initiation into Anthropology." She is one of the most outstanding arctic anthropologist/archaeologists of the last century. This paperback version is going out of print at the end of July 2000 and the publisher plans to destroy all remaining copies after that date. The publisher, Waveland Press, is offering the book at $13.50 plus shipping cost, with a 20% discount to booksellers. To receive a paperback version, contact the publisher, Waveland Press, listed here. Waveland Press
This book was originally published in hard cover by W.W. Norton, New York City, in 1977, with 285 pp., 7 maps, 40 pls., and 3 figs. It was reprinted in 1995 with a new preface and additional illustrations by Waveland Press. Although Waveland marketed it as a textbook, it was written for an older, more general audience.
From the Author: "This is the account of my first expedition in 1929 when I was assistant to the famous Danish archaeologist, Dr. Therkel Mathiassen, who was then just beginning the first systematic archaeological surveys of Greenland. Although we traveled all over the Upernavik District on the arctic west coast, the main site we excavated was at Inugsuk, where we found evidence of contact between the Norsemen and the medieval Eskimo.
The text is based entirely upon my letters home and the journal I kept in the field, and therefore it gives an eager young woman's impressions,
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VIDEOS
Sharing the Sea A one-hour television program on the Community Development Quota (CDQ) program in Alaska's Bering Sea. With footage shot along the Bering Sea coast and offshore, the television program tells the story of how the CDQ program was initiated, developed, and how it works today.
In the first television broadcast ever on this new program, the viewer will see archival footage of the way life used to be on the coast of the Bering Sea, go fishing with villagers from St. Lawrence Island and the Pribilofs, visit with people in the remote village of Atka in the Aleutian Islands,
Although this television program is only planned to air in Alaska in the immediate future, copies of the program available in the VHS format will be available from the Bering Sea Fisherman's Association at a cost of US $13.30. The Association can be reached at 888/927-2732 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
100 Years of Greenland on Film The stereotype image of a peaceful people living in harmony with nature is one of those grand narratives that tells about our nostalgia of a mythical past, a life in icy landscapes, thereby recalling legendary 'Ultima Thule'.
The myth of the Eskimo recalls a live where man is regarded as free and independent, where a hunter still is a breadwinner, and a man can be a hero. Today's Inuit people are probably one of the most misrepresented ethnic other in the world. The film media did contribute significantly to this wrong image. It's haydays marked the birth of the myth at the same time.
This compilation video film depicts the myth, and respectively the Greenlander's representation in general, by revealing Greenlands history on film. From Peter Elfelt's "Ride with Greenland Sledge Dogs" (1896) to Bille August's "Smillas Sense for Snow" (1997) we get a glimpse of 100 years of Greenland on film. In other words, a film about films that focusses on the film medias significance for those historic projects in nationbuilding (20s/30s), colonisation (50s) and de-colonisation (60s/70s), as well as cultural sovereignity (80s/90s).
Anthropology/Director: Werner Sperschneider Producer/Distributor: To order: Tel. +49 551/5024-0
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WEB SITES OF INTEREST
ASTIS database The ASTIS (the Arctic Science and Technology Information System) database, containing 46,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada is now available at http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/astis. ASTIS is maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary and is made available on the web for free with support from the Canadian Polar Commission. ASTIS includes all subjects, and covers all of Canada north of the southern limit of discontinuous permafrost as well as adjacent marine areas. The publications cited in the database include both gray and peer-reviewed literature published from 1978 to the present. The 10,800 research project descriptions in ASTIS cover the period from 1974 to the present and are based on information supplied by the organizations that licence field research in northern Canada.
Canadian Circumpolar Institute http://www.ualberta.ca/~ccinst/polar.html
Danish Polar Center Please find updated information on the contents of the Danish Polar Center's on-line database "Polarbasen" on:
Études/Inuit/Studies The journal ?udes/Inuit/Studies has now a web site at: http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/etudes-inuit-studies Vol. 24(1), the latest issue of Etudes/Inuit/Studies is out. Its theme is "Present-day economy / Economie contemporaine." You can consult its table of contents and abstracts on their web site.
Human-Reindeer/Caribou Systems In February of 1999, eighty scientists, indigenous leaders, NGO representatives, and resource managers gathered in Rovaniemi, Finland for an interdisciplinary workshop on the Human Role of Reindeer/ Caribou Systems. There are several products from that workshop now available for your review. They include a web-based Human-Reindeer/Caribou Systems resource located at: http://www.rangifer.net
IASSA IASSA has a web site since February 2000. Information about the association and about the Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV) can be found on that site: http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/iassa
Implementation of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement: An Independent 5 Year Review 1993 to 1998 Available on-line in Adobe Acrobat format at:
Indigenous grassroots communities of the Russian North New information from grassroots indigenous communities of the Russian North is posted in Russian and English languages on that site: http://www.indigenous.ru/
Kamchatka-Site Lisa Singer redesigned her Kamchatka-Site. You can find information about the country and the peoples, trekking and adventure tours in summer 2000, new photos of her trip in august 1999, a list of recommended books about Kamchatka, and a map all at: http://www.kamchatka.tri.at/ Northern Dimension of Canada's Foreign Policy. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arctic/menu-e.htm
Polar Access The Canadian Circumpolar Institute Newsletter "Polar Access" is available. Instructions for email subscription to Polar Access are contained on the CCI web site: http://www.ualberta.ca/~ccinst/polar/cci-base.htm
Polar Database A joint library database from the Department of Eskimology, the Danish Polar Center, and the Arctic Institute. At http://pingo.kb.dk:4505/ALEPH/SESSION-459439/start/DPC01
Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North
Siberian Khanty web site Information on Russian North, indigenous peoples, and the problems of development in the Arctic and Subarctic is on:
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MISCELLANEOUS
International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic The posting below is directed specifically to scientists in the United Kingdom. ISIRA (The International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic) is a Russian and international cooperative initiative to assist Russian arctic science and sustainable development in the Russian Arctic by: * initiating planning of multinational research programmes that address
More information about ISIRA can be found at http://www.iasc.no/.
The UK's member on the advisory group is Gareth Rees at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and the next meeting of the advisory group will be in St Petersburg in October 2000. I am putting out this message to the ARCUS list in the hope of trawling relevant UK scientists and others with three aims: 1. I am trying to compile a mail list. Please send me your details, and maybe also those of anyone you think I should know about who I will not have reached through ARCUS. I hope that my next mailing can be based on this mail list rather than needing to bother all the non-UK people 2. I shall present a description of relevant bilateral projects (i.e., in or about the Russian Arctic, and with UK and Russian involvement) at the October meeting. Please inform me of any such projects you are involved in or know of (links to web sites, and/or copies of documentation, would be helpful). 3. If appropriate, I can present proposals for new projects. PLEASE look at the ISIRA website (URL above) before bombarding me with applications for funding - ISIRA is not a funding agency.
To respond to this call for UK scientists with research interests in the Russian Arctic, or for more information about the posting below, please contact Dr. W. Gareth Rees at: Dr W. Gareth Rees Telephone: 01223-336540
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IASSA INFORMATION SUMMER 2000
Foundation IASSA was founded in 1990 in Fairbanks, Alaska, at a meeting held in conjunction with the 7th Inuit Studies Conference. The creation of IASSA follows the suggestion, made at the Conference on Coordination of Research in the Arctic held in Leningrad in 1988, to establish an international association to represent Arctic social scientists. From its foundation in 1990 until 1992, IASSA's secretariat was housed at the Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. The following three years the secretariat was situated at the Arctic Center, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. Then from 1995 to 1998, it was housed at the Department of Eskimology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Objectives The Arctic is defined as all Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world. The social sciences encompass disciplines relating to behavioral, psychological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, linguistic, historical, social, legal, economic, environmental, and political subjects, as well as health, education, the arts and humanities, and related subjects. The objectives are: o to promote and stimulate international cooperation and to increase the participation of social scientists in national and international arctic research; o to promote communication and coordination with other research organizations; o to promote the active collection, exchange, dissemination, and archiving of scientific information in the Arctic social sciences; o to promote mutual respects, communication, and collaboration between social scientists and northern people; o to facilitate culturally, developmentally, and linguistically appropriate education in the North; o to follow the IASSA statement of ethical principles for the conduct of research in the Arctic.
Administration IASSA is governed by an elected seven-member Council and a General Assembly consisting of all members having paid their membership. The secretariat is presently based at the GÉTIC (Groupe d'?des inuit et circumpolaires), Laval University, Quebec City, Canada), and the secretariat is run by Murielle Nagy.
IASSA Council Members Gérard Duhaime
Noel Broadbent
Jens Dahl (ex officio, past chair)
Oscar Kawagley
Ludger Müller-Wille
Marit Myrvoll
Frank Sejersen
Nikolai B. Vakhtin
Membership Membership is open to anyone interested in Arctic social sciences. Membership is required to participate to the ICASS (International Congress in Arctic Social Sciences). Members receive the IASSA Newsletter 2 times a year and can subscribe to an email server-list. Membership fees are in US dollars or in Canadian dollars:
Please write your cheque or money order to IASSA, fill the membership form and send to: IASSA Secretariat Tel.: (418) 656-7596, FAX: (418) 656-3023
Meetings IASSA held its First International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS I) in Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada, on October 28-31, 1992. The congress was held on the campus of Laval University immediately following the 8th Inuit Studies Conference. More than 300 people participated to ICASS I, 235 of which presented papers. Sixteen countries were represented by paper presenters. The next IASSA congress (ICASS II) was held jointly in Rovaniemi, Finland, and Kautokeino, Norway, in the summer 1995. ICASS III took place in May 1998 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Abstracts and presentations of keynote speakers from ICASS meetings can be ordered without charge from the IASSA secretariat.
BOOK YOUR CALENDAR: THE NEXT ICASS IV WILL BE HELD MAY 16-20, 2001, AT THE HOTEL LOEWS LE CONCORDE IN QUEBEC CITY, CANADA.
Please subscribe to IASSA.Net (see next page) for current updates on ICASS IV. The IASSA web site (see next page) has also updates on ICASS IV. IASSA web site http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/iassa
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IASSA.NET SERVER LIST This server list is designed for use by members and others interested in the goals of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA). The organization was founded in 1990 to represent Arctic social scientists in international contexts and to provide a network for social scientists working and/or living in the North. Among IASSA's objectives are efforts to ensure that social sciences research is carried out in accordance with ethical principles approved by indigenous peoples and other Northern residents.
Information, questions, and communications on this server list will deal broadly with issues affecting Arctic social sciences and with matters of interest to IASSA members. Contributions may include announcements of meetings or conferences, news about upcoming IASSA activities, information about new publications of interest to Arctic social scientists, job announcements, or request for contacts regarding scholar investigations of particular topics. Postings should be those of interest to a wide audience, and not for a particular person (use email for this purpose).
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Guidelines for use of "IASSA.Net" Since this server list is self-moderated, some guidelines are appropriate: 1. Topics should be related to professional interests of Arctic social scientists. Items that are strictly for personal interest should be sent through email. 2. New subscribers to IASSA.Net are encouraged to introduced themselves to other members of the list by posting (as appropriate) a short bibliography, academic affiliations, research interests, language proficiencies, telephone and fax contact numbers, etc. 3. All those posting items to the list should include a name and email address with their contributions. 4. IMPORTANT: If you use your mailer's REPLY command to respond to a message, please remember that ALL subscribers will receive your message. If you want to reply to only one person, please use their personal address. 5. Comments or suggestions about this list should be sent to list owner Richard Caulfield (Fairbanks, Alaska) at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Additional commands The following commands may be used by any subscriber by sending them as the only message to: HELP REVIEW IASSA.NET INDEX SEND (add file name here) If you have technical problems, send message to: Special thanks to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA, for supporting this server list. Text supplied by Richard Caulfield (revised January 1996).
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NEXT IASSA NEWSLETTER To submit anything to our next IASSA Newsletter, please contact Murielle Nagy, the IASSA secretary and editor of the Newsletter, at: IASSA Secretariat, GÉTIC, Université Laval, Pavillon De-Koninck, local 0450, Quebec City (Quebec), Canada G1K 7P4, Tel.: (418) 656-7596, FAX: (418) 656-3023, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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