Category: Arctic Cultures Blog

In this blog post, former PDRA Peter Martin discusses the tensions and complexities surrounding the ‘origins of the Inuit’ debates, and explains the troubling implications they have had for Arctic indigenous peoples.

In this episode of our blog, PDRA Liz Walsh reflects on the enduring (British?) fascination with signifiers of Arctic exploration, their role in the national interest, and what it means for the study of Arctic objects.

In this blog post, guest contributor Jonathan King reflects on his long association with a snowmobile, his career in the curation of Arctic collections, and how we learn about object histories.

In this blog post, former PDRA Johanne Bruun reflects on her research visit to the Oxford University Herbaria in search of remnants of Arctic expeditions.

In this blog post, PDRA Morgan Ip reflects on his participation in the Oxford University Polar Forum Horizon Scan Workshop last month.

In this post, recent PDRA Johanne Bruun reflects on a keynote speech by indigenous activist Siila Watt-Cloutier delivered at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference on 30 August 2022.

In this post, PDRA Johanne Bruun draws from her field notes to reflect on her brief visit to the settlement of Barentsburg.

In this blog post, PDRA Johanne Bruun recounts her recent research trip to Svalbard. She reflects upon her own journey in relation to that of the Oxford University Arctic Expeditions, one hundred years prior.

In this blog post, PDRA Johanne Bruun reflects on the use of silent film footage produced during Arctic expeditions in the 1920s.

In this blog post, PDRA Peter Martin discusses his recent fieldwork in Denmark and the USA and reflects on the varying levels of access to Arctic archives.