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Category: Arctic Cultures Blog

Holes in the Story? ‘Dorset Culture’ and dating Arctic objects

Posted on June 8, 2020 | by rcp31

 

In this blog post, PDRA Peter Martin studies the ‘discovery of the Dorset Culture’ and explores some of the techniques used by archaeologists in the early twentieth century to determine the age of objects excavated in the Arctic regions.

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Researching the field from home

Posted on May 12, 2020 | by rcp31

 

In this blog post, PDRA Johanne Bruun discusses the relationship between Arctic fieldwork and archival research in the context of the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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What can a Cholera map tell us about Arctic cartography?

Posted on April 22, 2020 | by rcp31

 

In this post of our Arctic Cultures blog, PDRA John Woitkowitz investigates connections between the mapping of disease and Arctic geography.

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Creating and erasing: the use of photographs during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875

Posted on April 2, 2020 | by rcp31

 

In this episode of our blog, PDRA Nanna Kaalund draws from her research for the Arctic Cultures project to talk about the uses of photographic methods in Arctic science and exploration.

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An Inuk in Canterbury: On the archival trail of Kallihirua

Posted on February 10, 2020 | by rcp31

 

In this post of our Arctic Cultures blog, PDRA Peter Martin discusses his recent research at Canterbury Cathedral and reflects upon searching for histories of Arctic encounter in unexpected places.

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Report on Project Workshop, ‘Knowledge Formations and Colonial Encounters in the Arctic’

Posted on January 22, 2020 | by rcp31

 

In our latest Arctic Cultures blog post, the team reflect on their recent successful Project Workshop held at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge on 9-10 January 2020.

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From Herrnhut to the Arctic, and back again!

Posted on December 5, 2019 | by John Woitkowitz

 

In this post of our Arctic Cultures blog, PDRA John Woitkowitz discusses the impact of missionaries on our understandings of the Arctic and its peoples.

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What’s in a knife?

Posted on November 1, 2019 | by rcp31

 

In the second of our Arctic Cultures blog posts, PDRA Nanna Kaalund discusses the meanings and display of Arctic objects.

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Arctic Cultures at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2019

Posted on October 21, 2019 | by rcp31

 

Welcome to the Arctic Cultures Blog! In these posts, you will find regular updates from the project team about the progress of the research. In this first blogpost, the PI of the project, Richard Powell, provides some further background

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Welcome to the Arctic Cultures Blog

Posted on September 12, 2019 | by Corinna

 

 

Our team is looking forward to sharing news about our work on the project with you.

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      • Case study 04
  • People
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    • Jenny Dunstall
    • Peter Martin
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