Alternative perspective to Arctic research – an international lecture series (5cr)
Course unit code: TUKO1307
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Responsible person
- Marjo Lindroth, Scholar co-responsible for the course
- Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen, Scholar co-responsible for the course
- Annukka Jakkula, Administrator
Objective
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.
Content
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.
Qualifications
The course is targeted to all doctoral researchers at the University of Lapland, no previous studies are required.
Materials
Critical Studies of the Arctic: Unravelling the North (Palgrave Macmillan 2022)