Alternative perspective to Arctic research – an international lecture series (5cr)

Objective

By the end of this course, the participants are able to:
- identify current and complex topics in social scientific Arctic research
- understand alternative theoretical approaches for the study of such topics
- utilise concepts that stem from the tradition of critical scholarship in their own research settings.

Content

This course builds on an international online lecture series and the book Critical Studies of the Arctic: Unravelling the North (Palgrave Macmillan 2022). The course identifies and investigates topics in Arctic human development that research in the social sciences had yet to broach. In order to do this, the course introduces a variety of theoretical approaches spanning aesthetics, affect theory, biopolitics, critical geopolitics, intersectionality, legal anthropology, moral economy, narrative studies, neoliberal governmentality, queer studies and socio-legal studies.

Qualifications

The course is targeted to all doctoral researchers at the University of Lapland, no previous studies are required.

Materials

Critical Studies of the Arctic: Unravelling the North (Palgrave Macmillan 2022)

Execution methods

International online lecture series (11 hrs) and reading the book Critical Studies of the Arctic: Unravelling the North (Palgrave Macmillan 2022). Writing a lecture diary.

Accomplishment methods

This course is based on active participation in the online lectures, reading the course material and writing a lecture diary based on them.