Latest Blog
Guest Blog: Mapping different forms of knowledge to understand the impacts of mining
A new Formas-funded project aims to combine both indigenous and scientific knowledge in a synthesis of evidence on how Arctic and boreal landscapes and communities…
New Blog for World Policy Institute: Why should we care about the Arctic?
REXSAC researcher, Annika E. Nilsson, kicks off new bi-monthly series about the Arctic as guest blogger with two other colleagues on the World Policy website. Answering…
Poison and profit: mining on traditional lands
In the underground depths of northern Canada lies a monster. That’s how Mary Rose Sundberg of the Goyatiko Language Society describes the 237,000 tons of…
Latest Publications
“Walk the line”: An ethnographic study of the ritual of crossing the Arctic Circle—Case Rovaniemi
This article focuses on tourists’ practices around Arctic Circle landmarks in Rovaniemi. Varnajot, A.. 2019. “Walk the line”: An ethnographic study of the ritual of…
Costs and benefits of environmental change: Tourism industry’s responses in Arctic Finland
This paper identifies the locally observed changes in the natural and socio-economic environments and aims to analyse the financial costs and benefits to tourism businesses…
Historicizing climate change—engaging new approaches to climate and history
The article identifies two main strands in historical work on climate change, both multi-disciplinary: one that looks for it as a driver of historical change…