Registration open for Indigenous Sacred Sites Conference
18.6.2013
The multidisciplinary conference gathers for the first time in Finland sacred sites custodians, scientists, indigenous people's organizations, policy makers and other interested people to share knowledge and ideas for better recognize, legally protect and manage the sacred sites and sanctuaries of indigenous peoples in Northern and Arctic regions.
Key note speakers are Birgitta Fossum from South Sami Museum and Cultural Centre Snåsa, Norway; Piers Vitebsky from the Scott Polar Research Institute, the University of Cambridge; and Réné Kuppe from the University of Vienna.
The international conference “Protecting the sacred: Recognition of Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples for Sustaining Nature and Culture in Northern and Arctic Regions” held in Rovaniemi and Pyhätunturi, Finland, on September 11–13. The conference is co-organized by the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland together with the University of Montreal and the Arctic Law Thematic Network (University of the Arctic).
More information and registration form can be found on the conference website:
www.arcticcentre.org/sacredsites2013