Date
03.05.2004

Time
09:15

Room B 1004, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø

PhD-Course

The Centre of Sami Studies/SARVVIS is launching a comprehensive plan for promoting natural and social research on reindeer husbandry and resource management. The aims are a) exploring rangeland ecology and ecosystem changes in circumpolar areas, b) exploring the cultural landscapes, knowledge and cosmologies of nomadic reindeer herders who depend on these ecosystem, and c) exploring social, political, economic, legal and organizational issues associated with reindeer husbandry and the management of pastures as a common pool resource. The focal point will be on the situation, problems and challenges of reindeer herding indigenous peoples, with a particular, but not exclusive, emphasis on the Saami of the three Nordic countries and Russia. The research will be multidisciplinary, drawing on theories, concepts and methodologies from the natural and social sciences and the humanities.

The focus of this PhD-course is to offer a meeting place for PhD-students working directly with reindeer, reindeer husbandry, ecosystems and management regimes. The course will offer a multidisciplinary analysis of these regimes and try to pinpoint the latest research results.

Lectures will be given, and discussions conducted, in English. The course will give 5 point credit for PhD students in social sciences and 6 point credit for PhD students in natural sciences. Students must complete an essay by August 30, 2004. The board of SARVVIS will evaluate the essay.


PROGRAM:

Monday 3th of May 2004:

PART I INTRODUCTION

09.15-09.45: Presentation of the SARVVIS-Programe
Head of administration Else Grete Broderstad, Centre for Sami Studies

09.45-10.00: Coffee break

10.00-11.00: Multidisciplinary Research on Pastoral System in the Arctic

Dr. David Anderson, University of Aberdeen/Research leader of the SARVVIS-Programe

1100-1200: Lunch

PART II REINDEER HUSBANDRY, ECOSYSTEMS AND PASTURE AREAS

1200-1240: Methodological challenges in Arctic Resource Management

Dr. Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Roskilde University (To be Confirmed)

12.50-13.30: Grazing and ecosystem shifts on arctic tundra

Dr. Rene van der Wal, CHE, Scotland

13.40-14.00: Coffee break

14.00-14.40: Reindeer Ecosystem Interaction in Fennoscandia

Dr. Johan Olofson, Umeå University

14.50-16.00: Working groups

20.00 Dinner


Tuesday 4th of May 2004:

PART III REINDEER HUSBANDRY AND FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE

0900-0945: Prof. Hugh Beach, (Title to be given), Uppsala University

0945-1000: Coffee break

1000-1045: Contextualizing Resource Adaptations in Sámi Reindeer Management

Dr. Jan Åge Riseth, NORUT

1130-1230: Lunch

PART IV METHODOLOGY APPROACHES

1230-1315: Methodological Challenges in Connection with Multidisciplinary Research – the Case of Ecosystem Finnmark

Dr. Vera Hausner, University of Tromsø

1315-1400: Theories and Models in Ecosystem Research

Prof. Rolf Anker Ims, University of Tromsø

1400-1415: Coffee break

1415-1500: Indigenous Perceptions of Rights as Source of Law

Dr. Ande Somby, University of Tromsø (To be confirmed)

1500-1545: Methodological Challenges in multidisciplinary research in general - and history’s potentialities in ecological studies on reindeer husbandry

Prof. Einar Neimi, University of Tromsø.

1545-1700: Working groups


Wednesday 5th of May 2004:

PART V REINDEER HUSBANDRY AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

1015-1100: Reindeer Husbandry in Changing Environment

Dr. Timo Helle, METLA

1100-1200: Lunch

1200-1245: The Challenge of Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge in Management Systems.

Dr. Petter Holm, University of Tromsø (to be confirmed)

1300-1345: The Modern Reindeer Industry Dilemma: Intensive Herding or Economic Profitability

Dr. Johan Klemet Kalstad, Nordic Saami Institute

1400-1600: Debate

Nettsider
http://www.sami.uit.no/sarvvis/phd.html

Kontaktperson
Per K Hætta

Epost
per.k.heatta@sami.uit.no

Tlf/mobil
776 45536