ArcHum

Center for Arctic Humanities

Centre for Arctic Humanities is a virtual unit at UiT The Arctic University of Norway that coordinates various research environments. The main purpose is to strengthen professional communities in the field of Arctic humanities, develop collaborative relationships across relevant units at UiT, and advance cooperation with other universities. 

The center is a response to the challenges in the Research Council's evaluation of the humanities in Norway and a Norwegian parliamentary report on the Humanities in Norway (2016-2017), as well as to UiT's humanities strategy (2021), and UiT's strategy Eallju – Developing the High North: UiT’s strategy towards 2030 (2022). The University Board decided in November 2021 to finance the center for a four-year period with funds from UiT's strategic development fund and a grant from the Ministry of Education and Research.

The Center for Arctic Humanities was initiated by the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, The Arctic University Museum of Norway and Academy of Fine Arts, and the University Library.

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Research environments

Arctic Auditories

Arctic Voices

Creating the New North

EA:RTH. Ethnographic Action: Researching Transformations of Humans and Environment on a Disrupted Planet 

Eco_Care. An Exchange Program on Empathy, Compassion, and Care in Water Governance, from the Perspective of Integral Ecology

Feminist Theories in the Arctic (FemArc)

Fuglan veit

Indigenous Religion(s): Local Grounds, Global Networks (INREL)

Research on Sámi Research and on Representation of Sámi Cultural Heritage (SamForsk)

Urban Transformation in a Warming Arctic – The continued effects of Nordic colonialism in urban planning and development (UrbTrans)

Worlding Northern Art (WONA)

Exploration, Exploitation and Exposition of the Gendered Heritage of the Arctic  (XARC)

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Activities

ArcHum – Center for Arctic Humanities


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