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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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  • 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

  • Proxies and Partial Connections in an Anthropologist’s Archive

    Arzyutov, D., Anderson, D. G.

    British Journal for the History of Science

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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

  • 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)

  • Paper Bridges Between Franz Boas and Russian Anthropology

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

    Vol. 2, University of Nebraska Press

    Books and Reports: Books

  • 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

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