Conference Announcement
Human Dimensions in the Circumpolar Arctic
8-10 October 2008
Umea, Sweden
Abstract Deadline: 1 May 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.umea-congress.se/polar2008.html
"Human Dimensions in the Circumpolar Arctic," an interdisciplinary IPY
conference, will be held on 8-10 October 2008, in Umea, Sweden.
The conference theme should be understood in inclusive broad sense. The
conference will pay particular attention to human life and conditions in
the North in the past, the present, and the future. Questions to be
addressed are how the situation in the North has been depicted in
science, art, and literature, and how the possibilities for various
kinds of social and economical developments have been understood at
various times. Other important questions are how climate, ecology, and
different types of resource use have influenced conditions for life in
the North and the role of national and international politics for
northern developments and conditions. A cultural program including
theatre, music, and art will illustrate some of the cultural expressions
of life in the North.
Conference themes include Indigenous peoples, gender dimensions, culture
and science, resources and climate, and health and welfare. Other
suggestions for sessions and themes are welcome. All themes focus on the
human dimension of the Arctic and invite an interdisciplinary approach,
combining scientific investigations with scholarly approaches such as
historical studies or traditional knowledge.
For further information, including instructions on registration and
submitting an abstract, please go to:
http://www.umea-congress.se/polar2008.html