Alternative perspectives to Arctic research – an international lecture series (5op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

Schedule (tentative):

Tuesday 17.1.2023, 2-3 pm (Finnish time, UTC+2)
• Introduction to the lecture series: Marjo Lindroth and Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen, University of Lapland, Finland
• Legal Anthropology: Reetta Toivanen, University of Helsinki

Wednesday 18.1.2023, 3-5 pm (Finnish time, UTC+2)
• Socio-Legal Studies: Marjo Lindroth, University of Lapland, Finland
• Neoliberal Governmentality: Gail Russel, University of Toronto, Canada

Wednesday 25.1.2023, 2-4 pm (Finnish time, UTC+2)
• Queer Studies: Leena-Maija Rossi, University of Lapland, Finland
• Aesthetics: Joonas Vola, University of Lapland, Finland

Tuesday 31.1.2023, 2-4 pm (Finnish time, UTC+2)
• Biopolitics: Julian Reid, University of Lapland, Finland
• Affects: Kirsten Thisted, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Wednesday 1.2.2023, 2-4 pm (Finnish time, UTC+2)
• Moral Economy: Frank Sejersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Intersectionality: Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen, University of Lapland, Finland

Tuesday 7.2.2023, 2-4 pm (Finnish time, UTC+2)
• Narratives: Monica Tennberg, University of Lapland, Finland
• Critical Geopolitics: Liling Xu, University of London, UK

Tavoitteet

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.

Toteutustavat

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.

Suoritustavat

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

Sisältö

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.

Aika ja paikka

Online.

Esitietovaatimukset

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