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ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES – Prospects for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 Era and Beyond ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES – Prospects for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 Era and Beyond Keynote presentations and other highlights from the Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI) Nuuk, Greenland August 22-26, 2008 Ilimmarfik, the University Campus that hosts Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland Edited by Birger Poppel and Yvon Csonka Topics in Arctic Social Sciences, volume 6, 2011 ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES – Prospects for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 Era and Beyond Keynote presentations and other highlights from the Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI) Nuuk, Greenland August 22-26, 2008 Edited by Birger Poppel and Yvon Csonka International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland Nuuk, Greenland, 2011 Topics in Arctic Social Sciences, volume 6, 2011 © 2011 International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) All rights reserved. Topics in Arctic Social Sciences, volume 6, 2011 (A series of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association) ISSN 1021-5891 ISBN 978-87-90197-1-86 Published by International Arctic Social Sciences Association Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland P.O. Box 1061 3900 Nuuk, Greenland This book is available from International Arctic Social Sciences Association’s Secretariat Stefansson Arctic Institute Borgir, Nordurslod IS-600 Akureyri, Iceland Tel: (+354) 460 8980 and (+354) 460 8984 Fax: (+354) 460 8989 E-mail: [email protected] Web-site: www.iassa.org After 2011, check the Internet for secretariat location. The publication is funded by: The WILLUM KANN RASMUSSEN FOUNDATION via the Ilisimatusarfik Publication Fund, and The Government of Greenland, Department of Education and Research. Cover photo: Ilimmarfik, the University Campus that hosts Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland. Photo: Birger Poppel. ICASS logo: Leena Tornberg Layout and design: Info Design aps, Nuuk Printed by: SpecialTrykkeriet Viborg 2011 2 Contents Preface .........................................................................................................................5 Welcome speeches ....................................................................................................9 Tommy Marøe ............................................................................................................11 Nikolaj Heinrich ........................................................................................................13 Lone Rosengreen Pedersen ......................................................................................15 Aage Rydstrøm-Poulsen ...........................................................................................17 Yvon Csonka ...............................................................................................................19 Birger Poppel ............................................................................................................23 Keynotes .....................................................................................................................27 Finn Lynge: Colonial times … ? ................................................................................29 Aqqaluk Lynge: Participation, communication and Indigenous Peoples: Scientists need to do more ......................................................................................37 Rasmus Ole Rasmussen: Climate change and subsidiarity - is there a need of an Arctic treaty? ....................................................................................................45 Igor Krupnik: IPY 2007–2008 and social sciences: A challenge of fifty years ....61 Shari Gearheard and Lene Kielsen Holm: Issittumi ilisimatusarnermi (Arctic science), Inuit suleqatigiinnerannik (human collaboration), Nalliuttorsiutiginninneq (celebration) ...................................................................95 Honorary members ................................................................................................109 Honorary membership awards by Yvon Csonka ................................................111 Laudatio for Ludger Müller-Wille by Peter Schweitzer ......................................112 Response by Ludger Müller-Wille .........................................................................115 Laudatio for Robert Petersen by Birger Poppel ..................................................117 Response by Robert Petersen ...............................................................................120 Laudatio for Ernest S. (Tiger) Burch, Jr. by Igor Krupnik ..................................123 Response by Ernest S. Burch, Jr. ...........................................................................126 Appendices ..............................................................................................................131 Document on the foundation of IASSA by Ludger Müller-Wille ........................133 IASSA activity report for 2004-2008 by Yvon Csonka ..........................................143 Council members 2004-2008 ..................................................................................149 Council members 2008-2011 ..................................................................................150 List of participants ..................................................................................................151 Report on IPY Project Activity #69: ICASS 6 ........................................................164 DVD: Honorary memberships award cerermony (by Veronica Traeger) 3 4 PREFACE The Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, ICASS VI: Arctic So - cial Sciences – Prospects for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 Era and Beyond , took place August 22-26, 2008. It was hosted by Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland , in Nuuk, capital of a former colony, now a home - land for an indigenous people of the Arctic striving for independence as a na - tion. The location was symbolically appropriate to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of the founding of the International Arctic Social Sciences Associa - tion (IASSA), which organizes the ICASS, as well as to emphasize the part - nership between scholars and Arctic residents by setting up the largest gathering of human and social scientists during the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY )1. The third day of the congress was a special IPY day with plenary keynotes, a panel on the IPY legacy and a Young Researcher’s forum. The large European Science Foundation international research program in the humanities “Histories from the North – environments, movements, nar - ratives (EUROCORES BOREAS)”, was also very well represented in the Con - gress. During the Greenlandic term of office (2004-2008), several breakthroughs oc - curred for the Arctic social sciences, and the action of IASSA over the years was instrumental in bringing them about (see the Report for 2004-2008 in this volume, pp.164 ). A work group set up by the IASSA general assembly of 2004 lobbied for inclusion of the social sciences in IPY, and it is due to the success of this action that social sciences became a major element of IPY, and that ICASS VI became a part of this program . Following tradition, IASSA hereby publishes the keynote speeches presented at the Congress. Despite the different points of departures, a red thread runs through them, mirroring common concerns and aspirations for Arctic social sciences and humanities. Stressed were the importance of a human and so - cietal focus in a rapid changing Arctic, the social responsibilities of Arctic so - cial scientists, and the necessity of building partnerships between researchers, indigenous peoples and other Arctic residents. 1 ICASS was endorsed as part of the IPY scientific program. The standard report to the organizers of IPY 5 regarding this activity is published in this volume, pp. 164 This volume also contains, in print and on an accompanying DVD, presen - tations reflecting a new tradition introduced on the coming of age of the as - sociation: laudatii and responses from the first three IASSA honorary members, distinctions which were bestowed at ICASS VI, as recognition for distinguished career achievements and lifelong service in advancing the field of Arctic social sciences. Other documents provide additional glimpses into the Congress and its parent association. More than 250 research papers were presented within 44 sessions framed along eleven themes and research fields: Sustainability and Climate Change; Economic Development; Politics, Justice and Governance; Living Conditions, Culture, Language, Literature and Media; Religion, History & Science; Health; Material Culture and Archaeology; Inclusive Research; Young Researchers; and IPY focussing on aspects of human activities in the past and present includ - ing the many different forces for change the indigenous peoples and other Arctic residents are facing. More details about the themes and topics discussed at ICASS VI can be found on: www.icass.gl containing the Book of Abstracts including keynote as well as session and paper abstracts, and http://www.artichost.net . All paper presenters that used Power-Point-Pre - sentations were asked to let IASSA publish their presentations on the net. The presentations were made accessible shortly after ICASS VI. www.iassa.org where the IASSA board, elected on the IASSA General Assem - bly that took place during ICASS VI is presented. Given the logistical and financial challenge of convening a major congress in a remote
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