Lecture series introduces critical perspectives and concepts to the field of Arctic social scientific research.

The 2023 will start with the lecture series
Alternative perspectives to Arctic research that brings together international
scholars interested in the Arctic. All of the lectures in this series are linked to
the new volume Critical Studies of the Arctic: Unravelling the North (2022, Palgrave
Macmillan), edited by Marjo Lindroth, Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen and Monica
Tennberg.

The lecture series includes introductions to
aesthetics by Joonas Vola, affects by Kirsten Thisted, biopolitics by Julian Reid,
critical geopolitics by Liling Xu, intersectionality by Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen,
legal anthropology by Reetta Toivanen, moral economy by Frank Sejersen, narratives
by Monica Tennberg, neoliberal governmentality by Gail Russel, socio-legal studies
by Marjo Lindroth and queer studies by Leena-Maija Rossi. The lecturers are
affiliated with the universities of Copenhagen, Helsinki, Lapland, London and
Toronto. The 11-hour lecture series offers new insights and openings for discussion
on Arctic research. 

The lecture series is
intended at University of Lapland students interested in the Arctic. The lectures
will take place online between 17 January and 7 February 2023. PhD candidates may
register in Peppi under the course code TUKO1307 Alternative perspective to Arctic
research – an international lecture series. Other students are invited to register
with the code WSTU1515 Gender, society and the Arctic. 

The lecture series is also open for researchers of the University of
Lapland. In order to receive the participation link, please contact the
organizers. Welcome!

Further
information:

University researcher Marjo
Lindroth, marjo.lindroth(at)ulapland.fi
University lecturer Heidi
Sinevaara-Niskanen, heidi.sinevaara-niskanen(at)ulapland.fi