'Field Experiences in Northwest Russia' (FENOR)

ABOUT THE FENOR SUMMER SCHOOL

‘Field Experiences in Northwest Russia’ (FENOR)

Summer School

The FENOR summer school is designed as a traveling training course for PhD students and young researchers, which will be conducted at several locations in the Russian North. Senior and early career scholars will be traveling together in the course of two weeks, participating in a program that consists of lectures, seminars, excursions and fieldwork. Moving northwards from St. Petersburg to the Arkhangelsk region, participants will experience local articulations of dwelling in these regions.

The route of the school will go through the administrative territories of the Leningrad region, the republic of Karelia and the Arkhangelsk region.

The FENOR summer school is aimed to provide researchers and students with an invaluable experience examining a characteristic regional landscape that allows for comparisons while at the same time revealing its unique historical trajectory within the Russian context. Thematically, the course is focused on everyday life practices emerging from the interaction between people and their environments, ways of life, identities, and local perceptions of changes in the Russian North. Participants will discuss current tendencies of social sciences in conceptualizing landscape, time and mobility and will apply this knowledge to field experiences in and from the Russian North.

The Russian North is inhabited by indigenous and non-indigenous people, women and men who live in small settlements, in the tundra, or in industrial towns. Diverse social actors dwell in this shared space; their ways of using the territory and perceiving the environment can vary significantly, as well as their mobility practices. During the course, we will investigate how ‘the North’ is produced and consumed, practiced and performed by its inhabitants.

Travelling through various locations we will observe how footprints of different epochs overlap in the landscape, how the Russian North has been changing over time depending on activities characteristic for people in particular periods.

2 3 LECTURERS

Nikolai Vakhtin Julia Lajus Professor of Arctic Social Studies; European University at St. Petersburg Senior Research Fellow (PhD) Doctor of Science (Linguistics) St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities Academic Interests (Center for Historical Research) Languages of the Far North, Arctic Social Studies, Sociolinguistics, Cultural National Research University Higher School of Economics Anthropology Academic Interests Lectures for FENOR: Environmental History, History of Arctic and Marine Science • Indigenous and other people of the North Lectures for FENOR: [email protected] • Overview of History of Colonization and Modernization of the Russian North See at: http://eu.spb.ru/en/anthropology/faculty/3475-vakhtin • Scientific Research in the Arctic: a History [email protected] Peter Schweitzer See at: http://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/4414313 University of Vienna, Professor (PhD); Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Academic Interests Anthropology of Climate Change and Globalization in the Arctic and Subarctic Lectures for FENOR: • How Different is the Russian North? • What is Climate Change Good for? • A Short History of Siberian Anthropology [email protected] See at: http://ksa.univie.ac.at/institut/personen/wissenschaftlich/schweitzer/

Florian Stammler Valeria Vasilyeva Research Professor in Arctic Anthropology (PhD); University of Lapland Research Fellow and PhD student, Arctic Social Sciences Program Coordinator of Anthropology Research Team European University at St. Petersburg (Sustainable Development Research Group) Academic Interests Academic Interests Anthropology of Space, Transport and Mobility Studies, Human Role in Reindeer Herding Systems, Arctic Economy, Nomadism, Arctic Studies Indigenous Knowledge, Resource Extraction and Native Populations, Industrial Lectures for FENOR: Migration, Centre-periphery Relations • Transport Infrastructure and Mobility in the North of Russia: Field Experiences Lectures for FENOR: from Taimyr Peninsula • Oral history of Arctic Indigenous People [email protected] • Introduction to Arctic Extractive Industries See at: http://eu.spb.ru/research-centers/arctic-social-sciences/staff/14748-v- • Human-Animal Relations of the North vasilyeva [email protected] See at: http://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/CONTACTS/Staff/Stammler,-Florian

Alla Bolotova Ksenia Gavrilova Senior Research Fellow (PhD), Arctic Social Sciences Program Research Fellow, Arctic Social Sciences Program European University at St. Petersburg European University at St. Petersburg Academic Interests Academic Interests Environmental Sociology and Anthropology, Environmental History, Arctic Nationalism Studies, Grassroots Nationalism, Discourse Studies, Studies, Extractive Industries of the North, Oral History, Visual Studies, Sense CSR Policy of Extractive Industries of Place Lectures for FENOR: Lectures for FENOR: • Commodification and Tradition: Five Stories about the Consumption of Ethnic • Interaction with the Environment in Northern Industrial Communities Products • Northern Industrial Cities [email protected] [email protected] See at: http://eu.spb.ru/research-centers/arctic-social-sciences/staff/14747-k- See at: http://eu.spb.ru/research-centers/arctic-social-sciences/taff/14750-a- gavrilova bolotova

4 5 PARTICIPANTS LUKAS ALLEMAN RUSANA NOVIKOVA University of Lapland, Finland European University at St. Petersburg, Russia Researcher and PhD student at the Arctic Centre MA student [email protected] [email protected] Cul-de-sac or Road to the Future? Psycho-socio-cultural Aspects of the Resettlements among Eastern Sámi Perception of Weather, Mobility in the Arctic, Power Relations in the Community during Soviet Times ANZHELIKA SCHERLING ALEXANDER ARCHER Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria University of St. Andrews, UK Student assistant and PhD student Research Assistant, MA student at the Tallinn University [email protected] [email protected] History of Russian Svalbard’s Exploration in the 20th — the Beginning of 21st Centuries Working Dogs and Reindeer People: Everyday Roles of, and Social Relations between, Humans and Dogs in Saami Reindeer Herding Societies in Sámiland, Finland SIGRID SCHIESSER MIA BENNETT University of Vienna, Austria University of California, Los Angeles, USA Prae-Doc University Assistant and PhD student Manager and Blogger in Cryopolitics website, PhD student [email protected] [email protected] Making and Living Sakha Architectures Sustainable Development, Industrialization and Natural Resource Development in the Arctic, Transportation in the Arctic, Geospatial Analysis, Remote Sensing of Nighttime Lights GRIGORY SUZI Petrozavodsk State University, Russia CAMILLA BONESCHI PhD student Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy [email protected] Trainee in Italian Institute for International Political Studies (MA) The Incorporation of the Karelian Isthmus and Northern Ladoga Area into the Soviet Administrative and Economy [email protected] Structures in the 1940s Literary and Art Studies, Ecocriticism, Comparative Approach, Representations of Northern Environment OLGA TROFIMOVA VASILY BOROVOY St. Petersburg State University, Russia European University at St. Petersburg, Russia PhD student MA [email protected] [email protected] Management of Processes of Indigenous Peoples: Socio-economic Development in Terms of Oil and Gas Fields USSR Coal-mining Industry on Spitsbergen in 1930s: Technology of Extraction and its Significance for the Development in YANAO Economy of Soviet High North SUSAN VANEK FELIX JAITNER Binghamton University, USA University of Vienna, Austria Teaching Assistant and PhD student PhD student [email protected] [email protected] Greenland, Inuit, Nation-building, Bordering, Indigenous Movements Ressource-Extractivism and Economic Modernization in Russia — a State-Theoretical Analysis

ANASTASIA KARASEVA ANNA VARFOLOMEEVA European University at St. Petersburg, Russia Central European University, Hungary Researcher and PhD student PhD student [email protected] [email protected] Dangerscape and Security Behavior practices of Inhabitants of Russian Arctic Industrial Settlements Past Experiences Forming Present Interactions: Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industry Development in the North-West of Russia ANASTASIA KORNILOVA Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia GERALD ZOJER Analyst in Russian Regional Network on Integrated Reporting and PhD student University of Lapland, Finland [email protected] Researcher and PhD student Sustainable development, Arctic, Environmental Education, Green Technologies and Green Offices, Corporate [email protected] Social and Environmental Responsibility and Non-financial Reporting, Urban Sustainability, Climate Change, Political Ecology, Hegemony Theories, Arctic Governance, Energy Politics, Environmental Politics, Societal Environmental Economics Relationships with Nature

6 7 PROGRAM August 1st 10:00 Reception at EUSP: August 5th 9:30–10:30 Breakfast Saturday greetings, paperwork Wednesday 11:00–15:00 Day of Remembrance of Political Repressions Victims on San- 12:00–13:00 Outline of the FENOR School program darmokh Memorial Speakers: Nikolai Vakhtin, Valeria Vasilyeva, Ksenia Gavrilova Tour to Povenets (the lock № 1 of the White Sea — Baltic Canal) 13:30–14:30 Lunch 15:00–16:00 Lunch 14:30–15:30 Lecture 1: 16:00–17:00 Fieldwork 2 (Sandarmokh): discussion Peter Schweitzer. How Different is the Russian North? Moderator: Nikolai Vakhtin 16:00–18:00 Participants presentations (part 1) 17:00–19:00 Lecture 4: Speakers: Felix Jaitner, Mia Bennett, Vasily Borovoy, Anzhelika Scher- Alla Bolotova. Northern Industrial Cities ling, Olga Trofimova, Anna Varfolomeeva, Anastasia Kornilova 19:00–20:00 Dinner 18:00–19:00 Dinner 19:00 Walking tour around the city center (optional) August 6th 8:00–9:00 Breakfast Thursday 9:00 Transfer to Segezha (bus) August 2nd 10:00–13:30 Participants presentations (part 2) Segezha pulp and paper mill Sunday Speakers: Rusana Novikova, Sigrid Schiesser, Anastasia Karaseva, (safety announcement, excursion) Gerald Zojer, Alexander Archer, Camilla Boneschi; Susan Vanek, Lukas 12:00–13:00 Lunch Alleman, Grigory Suzi 13:00 Tranfer to Pushnoye (bus) 14:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00 Checking into the hotel ‘Shuezero’ 16:30–17:00 Transfer from EUSP, ART-hotel and apartments on 5th Sovetskaya, 21 16:00–17:00 Lecture 5: to Ladozhsky railway station Alla Bolotova. Interaction with the Environment in Northern Industri- 18:00–22:55 Train to Petrozavodsk al Communities 23:30 Checking into the hotel ‘Petrozavodsk’ 17:30–18:30 Dinner 18:30–20:00 Lecture 6: August 3rd 8:00–9:00 Breakfast Peter Schweitzer. A Short History of Siberian Anthropology Monday 9:00–10:00 Museum of the industrial history of Petrozavodsk Fieldwork 3 (Petroglyths): task description 10:15 Transfer to the village Kinerma (bus) 13:00–14:00 Lunch August7th 8:00–9:00 Breakfast Fieldwork 1 (Kinerma): task description Friday 9:30–15:00 Transfer to Vygostrov (bus) 14:00–16:00 Tour around Kinerma (village architecture, chapel, expositions) Petroglyths of the White Sea Cost 17:00–18:00 Lecture 2: Tour to the lock № 19 of the White Sea — Baltic Canal Ksenia Gavrilova. Commodification and Tradition: Five Stories about 15:00–16:00 Lunch the Consumption of Ethnic Products 16:00–18:00 Lecture 7: 18:30–19:30 Dinner Nikolai Vakhtin. Indigenous and Other People of the North 19:30–20:30 Fieldwork 1 (Kinerma): discussion 18:30–19:30 Dinner Moderator: Ksenia Gavrilova 19:30–20:30 Fieldwork 3 (Petroglyths): discussion Moderator: Florian Stammler August 4th 8:00–9:00 Breakfast Tuesday 9:00 Transfer to Medvezhiegorsk (bus) August 8th 6:00–7:00 Breakfast 13:00 Checking into the hotel ‘Onezhskaya’ Saturday 7:00–10:30 Transfer to Solovki Islands (bus and ship) 13:30–14:30 Lunch 11:00 Checking into the hotel ‘Solo’ 14:30–16:00 Lecture 3: 13:00–14:00 Lunch Valeria Vasilyeva. Transport Infrastructure and Mobility in the North 14:00–16:00 Solovki monastery sightseeing tour of Russia: Field Experiences from Taimyr Peninsula 17:00–18:30 Lecture 8: Fieldwork 2 (Sandarmokh): task description Florian Stammler. Oral History of Arctic Indigenous People 17:00–19:30 Medvezhiegorsk Regional Museum (expositions and the Lines of Fieldwork 4 (People on Solovki Islands): Finnish military resistance in Medvezhegorsk) task description 20:00–21:00 Dinner 19:00–20:00 Dinner 8 9 PROGRAM August 9th 8:00–9:00 Breakfast 14:00–15:00 Lunch Sunday 9:00–13:00 Lecture 9: 15:00–17:00 Lecture 13: Florian Stammler. Introduction to Arctic Extractive Industries Julia Lajus. Scientific Research in the Arctic: a History 13:00–14:00 Lunch 17:00–18:30 Final session of FENOR school 14:00–16:00 Excursion to Sekirnaya heap (a history of GULAG) 19:00–20:00 Dinner 19:00–20:00 Dinner August 14th 5:30 Transfer to airport Talagi (bus) August 10th 8:00–9:00 Breakfast Friday 7:30–9:00 Flight to St. Petersburg Monday 9:00–12:00 Excursion to Bolshoi Zayatsky Island 9:30 Transfer from airport to EUSP (bus) 13:00–14:00 Lunch 13:00 Checking into ‘ART-hotel’ 14:00–15:30 Lecture 10: Peter Schweitzer. What is Climate Change Good for? 16:00–17:30 Lecture 11: Florian Stammler. Human-Animal Relations in the North 19:00–20:00 Dinner

August 11th 9:00–10:00 Breakfast Tuesday 10:00–12:00 Fieldwork 4 (People on Solovki islands): discussion Moderator: Alla Bolotova Fieldwork 5 (Solombala): task description 12:30–13:30 Lunch 15:15–16:00 Flight to Arkhangelsk 16:45 Arrival and checking into the hotel ‘Belomorskaya’ 17:15–19:15 Arkhangelsk sightseeing bus tour 19:30–20:30 Dinner

August 12th 8:00–9:00 Breakfast Wednesday 9:00–11:00 Transfer to Solombala district (bus) Tour and excursion around Solombala 11:30–13:00 Fieldwork 5 (Solombala): discussion Moderator: Peter Schweitzer 13:00–14:00 Lunch Northern (Arctic) Federal University 14:00–16:00 Lecture 11: Vladislav Goldin and Natalia Kukarenko: NARFU and its Research Projects 16:00–18:00 Lecture 12: Julia Lajus. Overview of History of Colonization and Modernization of the Russian North 19:00–20:00 Dinner

August 13th 9:00–10:00 Breakfast Thursday 10:00–10:45 Transfer to architectural museum ‘Malye Korely’ 10:45–11:30 Excursion to the Kargopol’–Onega segment of ‘Malye Korely’ museum 11:30–12:30 Birch bark weaving workshop 12:30–13:15 Self-guided tour around ‘Malye Korely’

10 11 USEFUL INFO

St.Petersburg Medvezhiegorsk

European University at St.Petersburg Hotel ‘Onezhskaya’ 3 Gagarinskaya str. 2 Dzerzhinskogo str. ул. Гагаринская, д. 3 ул. Дзержинского, д. 2 http://eu.spb.ru/en/ Phone: +7 (8143) 45-64-95 Phone: +7 (812) 383-53-14 (Arctic Research Centre) Museum of Medvezhiegorsk 22 Dzerzhinskogo str. ‘Art-Hotel Mokhovaya’ ул. Дзержинского, д. 22 27–29 Mokhovaya str. Phone: +7 (8143) 45-82-32 ул. Моховая, д. 27–29 http://art-hotel.ru/moh/en/ Phone: +7 (812) 740-75-85 Pushnoy [email protected] Hotel ‘Shuezero’ Apartments 1 Lekhtinskaya str. 21 5th Sovetskaya str., apt. 4 ул. Лехтинская, д. 1 ул. 5-я Советская, д. 21, кв. 4 http://www.shuezero.ru/ http://rentroom.ru/en/ Phone: +7 (921) 625-00-15 Phone: + 7 (812) 923-05-75 [email protected] Solovki Islands

Hotel ‘Solo’ 8 Kovaleva str. ул. Ковалева, д. 8 http://www.solo-vky.ru/ (russian only) Phone: + 7 (921) 492-80-85; + 7 (8183) 59-02-46 [email protected]

Excursions on Solovki http://welcome.solovky.ru/new/in- dex.php/home/exkurs (russian only)

Petrozavodsk Arkhangelsk Hotel ‘Petrozavodsk’ 28 Krasnaya str. Hotel ‘Belomorskaya’ ул. Красная, д. 28 3 Timme str. http://en.petrohostel.ru/ ул. Тимме, д. 3 Phone: +7 (8142) 77-98-77; + 7 (911) http://www.belhotel.ru/ (russian 400-56-46 only) [email protected] Phone: +7 (8182) 66-16-00 [email protected] Museum of the industrial history of Petrozavodsk Northern (Arctic) Federal University 1 Kalinina str. 17 Severnaya Dvina emb. ул. Калинина, д. 1 наб. Северной Двины, д. 17 Phone: +7 (8142) 67-22-99 http://narfu.ru/en/ Phone: +7 (8182) 21-89-27

12 13 ABOUT ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES PROGRAM The European University at St. Petersburg, EUSP (Европейский университет в Санкт-Петербурге, ЕУСПб) is a non-state graduate university located in St. Petersburg (Russia), founded in 1994. European University includes five departments (anthropology, history, art history, political science and sociology, economy), twelve research centers and offers three international programs for postgraduate students (MA in Russian and Eurasian Studies, Energy Politics in Eurasia, MA in Russian Cultural History and Arts).

In 2010 the Arctic Social Sciences Program was established at the EUSP Department of Anthropology within the EUSP Professorship in Arctic Social Sciences. The Program focuses on the modern social processes of the North: ethnic and linguistic, socio-demographic and religious, political (including cross-border) and economic ones. The program goal is to create the Arctic Studies Center in the EUSP, focusing on social / cultural anthropology and sociolinguistics.

Head of the Program: Dr., Professor Nikolai Vakhtin.

Research team: Alla Bolotova, Valeria Vasilyeva, Andrian Vlakhov, Ksenia Gavrilova, Anastasia Karaseva, Elena Lyarskaya, Veronica Simonova.

We define the Arctic Social Sciences (‘североведение’ in Russian) as an integrated and interdisciplinary research area. This field, having emerged in Russia (most notably in St. Petersburg) in the late 19th century and having been steadily developing until the late 1920s, is nowadays fragmented; it has been split into ethnographic, linguistic, human geography etc. research tasks. The Arctic scholars are dissociated. The Arctic Social Sciences Program aims to tackle this dissociation and to revive the interdisciplinary Arctic social research.

We define North quite broadly: it’s an integrated set of all areas traditionally classified as High North, Russian North, Siberia, Far East, Alaska, Greenland, Canadian Arctic, Arctic States etc. Our Arctic Social Sciences Program has its main research focus on the Russian Arctic and the Russian High North. Analyzing this region’s diverse life aspects, we put emphasis on the modern times, not the past; and on its entire population, not only indigenous peoples. We use interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to analyze the events of the past and the present; and these are assessed in close connection to the neighboring areas — Scandinavia, Alaska, Japan, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan etc.

See at: http://eu.spb.ru/en/research-centers/arctic-social-sciences/about