【 Symposium（12/14‐16）】Slavic-Eurasian Research Center 2022 Winter International Symposium “Above the Permafrost: How Climate Change and Resource Development Are Changing Local Life in the Arctic”

Date: December 14-16, 2022
Venue: Room 403, Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (SRC), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Language: English

Sponsored by
Research Program “Human Society” and International Research Exchange Program “East Asia in the Arctic” in the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II (ArCS II)
Platform for Explorations in Survival Strategies at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (SRC), Hokkaido University
Center for Northeast Asian Studies (CNEAS), Tohoku University

Supported by
Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS)

Contact: symposiasrc[at]gmail.com（[at] read as @）

Details & Online Registration:
http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/sympo/2022winter

Program

December 14 (Wednesday) 16:00-18:00
Junior Scholars’ Session
Kathryn Tuyaara Yegorov-Crate (USA)
Ruslan Shakhmatov (SRC)
Aleksandr Nogovitcyn (Hokkaido University)
Chair: David Wolff (SRC)

December 15 (Thursday)
Opening Remarks 10:30-10:40
Keynote Session 10:40-12:00
Matti Nojonen (University of Lapland, Finland)
Aileen Espíritu (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
Chair: Shinichiro Tabata（SRC）

Session1. Sakha Land Use from Physical and Cultural Aspects 13:30-15:30
Alexander Fedorov（Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia）
Susan Crate（George Mason University, USA）
Stanislav Saas Ksenofontov (University of Northern Iowa, USA)
Discussant: Hiroki Takakura (Tohoku University, Japan)
Chair: Masanori Goto (SRC)

Session 2. Economy and Environment in the Russian Arctic 15:45-17:45
Nadezhda Krasilnikova（Arctic Research Centre of Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia)
Mayu Michigami (Niigata University, Japan)
Kazuho Yokogawa (Kanagawa University, Japan)
Discussant: Masahiro Tokunaga (Kansai University, Japan)
Chair: Yuka Takeda (Kyusyu University, Japan)

December 16 (Friday)
Session 3. Revisiting the Indigenous Cultural Heritage 10:00-12:00
Lukas Allemann (University of Lapland, Finland)
Yukari Nagayama (Kushiro Public University of Economics, Japan)
Korolina Sikola (University of Lapland, Finland)
Discussant: Alyne Delaney (Tohoku University, Japan)
Chair: Hiroki Takakura (Tohoku University, Japan)

Session 4. Hunting, Fishing, and Herding in Northern Cash Economy 13:30-15:30
Alex Oehler (University of Regina, Canada)
Akihito Tachikawa (Mie University, Japan)
Tuyara Gavrilyeva（North-Eastern Federal University, Russia）
Discussant: Shiro Sasaki（National Ainu Museum, Japan）
Chair: Shiaki Kondo (Kobe University, Japan)

Session 5. Natural & Social Impacts of Permafrost Degradation and Its Future Projection 15:45-17:45
Takahiro Abe (Mie University, Japan)
Timo Kumpula (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
Tomonori Sato (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Discussion: Yoshihiro Iijima (Mie University, Japan)
Chair: Stanislav Saas Ksenofontov（University of Northern Iowa, USA）