1st Edition
Artistic Dialogues with the Arctic North Environmental Change and Identity in Transition
Acknowledgements Introduction by Antonia Sohns Part 1 Art as witness 1 Observation of change as a new genre Arctic art by Maria Huhmarniemi and Anja Kath Lande 2 Community Photography as a tool for witnessing environmental change and contamination in Labrador by Jessica Penney and Eldred Allen 3 Sensing, Storytelling, and the Sacred: Two Creative Multimedia Projects Exploring Arctic Change by Chris Dunn 4 Sanaaq Siḷamiñ (Something whittled from Weather) by Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich Part 2 Art as response 5 Exploring perceptions of Northern Landscapes through nature photography by Petri Hoppu and Esa Pekka Isomursu 6 Nomadic Antlers. New Genre Arctic Art Education and Activism by Mirja Hiltunen and Korinna Korsström-Magga 7 Knowing with the Seatrout: Place-specific Artwork for Addressing Environmental Conflict by Timo Jokela 8 Artistic experience and response to climate change in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) by Vera Solovyeva 9 The Glutton by Brendan Griebel and Jude Griebel Part 3 Artistic practices that may deepen connection or reconnect people or communities with the environment and cultural heritage 10 To heal the woods of the earth (and the mind) through play and art by Antti Stockell and Nina Luostarienen 11 Blueprints and the topography of loss by Hannah Perinne Mode 12 Arctic Encounters: Material Culture, Indigenous Worldviews and AI projections by Elisa Palomino and Jonathan Katz 13 At the river - stepping in the flow by Timo Jokela Conclusion by Antonia Sohns
Biography
Antonia Sohns earned her PhD in Geography from McGill University (2020). Her research and work focus on water security and climate change adaptation. She holds an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from the University of Oxford (2011) and a BSc in Earth Systems, Oceans track from Stanford University (2010). She has conducted environmental and social science research from the Arctic to the tropics, including for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and for international NGOs.
