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.
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
David Anderson Dept of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
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
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., Urmanchieva, 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
Revolutionary Aftereffects: Material, Social, and Cultural Legacies of 1917 in Russia Today. Swift, M. (ed.). University of Toronto Press, pp. 140-155, 16 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia
Harraulta, L., Milek, K., Huguet, A., Anquetil, C., Anderson, D. G.
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.)
