Authors examine how traditional Indigenous knowledge might be integrated into knowledge-production and governance structures in the Norwegian and Finish Atlantic Salmon fisheries. Article advocates for using the Näätämö co-management project as an example of best practice in Arctic Environmental governance.
Module Four: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar North
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tuula Tuisku
Kathleen Osgood
Description
Describes the peoples of the North, making distinctions between settlement patterns, migration, and assimilation of different ethnic groups.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.
Discusses three national museums in Stockholm with different but interconnected collections.
Paper from Conference Current Issues in European Cultural Studies organized by the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, 2011.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1421368
Description
One hundred and forty-two participants from seven Arctic nations described the current status of water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH), including access to services, notification requirements for water-related infectious diseases, and examples of environmental-change events which impacted provision of services.
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 52-76
Description
Describes efforts to establish comparable political representation in Russia. Discusses key initiatives and their origins, effects of activists' approach and certain functions of the original institutions.