Pre Conference Field Trip

Call for papers — Art and design based methods to support connections between mainstream and indigenous people

The bus trip to Inari is a workshop session on wheels. We invite you to join the dialogue. If you wish to contribute to the dialogue with a presentation, a call for papers is launched here. Note that you can participate in the field trip also without a presentation.

The session on wheels aims at encouraging a dialogue between mainstream and margins, in this case especially between mainstream and indigenous people, and to discuss art and design based methods to support the dialogue.

Connectivity, both as concrete access to broad band and as a cultural and social issue, is seen as a prerequisite of good and sustainable life for people in the Arctic. Respect of indigenous knowledge has long been an issue in the region. Indigenous knowledge should always be taken into account when decisions concerning the Arctic are made. It should be part of research made in the Arctic and for the Arctic, and it should be part of developing industry in the region, i.e. tourism. It is now recognised by both indigenous people and mainstream culture representatives that this requires capacity building of both parties.

We are looking for inspiring proposals on art and design-based methods to support a dialogue between mainstream and indigenous or minority cultures to ensure participatory and inclusive processes and to enhance capacity building of all parties.

A 200 word proposal for an inspiring 15 minutes presentation should be sent latest 22 February 2019. Both academic and non-academic proposals are welcome, and they can be collective or individual. Proposals will be peer reviewed. The maximum number of presentations approved to be presented in the bus trip session is 25. A more detailed information of the session will be sent with approval information before 1 March 2019.

CLICK HERE TO SEND IN YOUR PROPOSAL 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

NEW DEADLINE for registration: Thursday 25 April 2019