Experimenting with arctic social phenomena 2017
Relate North: Culture, Community and Communication anthology (2017) contains contributions from Canada, England, Finland, Norway, Russia and Scotland. The interrelated themes of ‘culture’, ‘community’ and ‘communication’ formed the basis of the call that was issued to researchers, artists and designers. Drawing on projects and studies from northern countries, Relate North: Culture, Community and Communication explores contemporary practices in arts-based research and knowledge exchange in the fields of art and design.
Our article Experimenting with arctic social phenomena. A multicultural workshop by Essi Kuure, Heidi Pietarinen & Hannu Vanhanen reports on experiences from an intensive course focused on fostering the discussion of social issues in the Arctic through the creation of art and design solutions. This course was carried out as a weeklong workshop in Murmansk in November 2014.
The article can be read > http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-310-957-5