Society and Culture

Latest Analysis

Article, Canada, Climate and Environment, Society and Culture

February 20, 2024 The Arctic Aflame: Intensifying Arctic Wildfires Present a Sobering Reminder that Climate Change Remains a Grave and Gathering Threat to the Arctic

By: Barry Scott Zellen

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Commentary, Indigenous Rights and Issues, Queering the Arctic Series 2023, Society and Culture

January 2, 2024 The Arctic Institute’s Queering the Arctic Series 2023: Conclusion

By: Michel de Wall and Jeevan Toor

Commentary

Article, Indigenous Rights and Issues, Queering the Arctic Series 2023, Society and Culture

December 21, 2023 Northern Identities: Rereading Woman of Labrador

By: Morgen Mills

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Our Library

Interested in what our scholars are reading about life in the Arctic today? We’ve picked a few books, articles, and reports from the Institute’s bookshelf to give you a better idea about shipping, trade, and business in the North. Check them out below. If you’re interested in a specific country’s Arctic economy, check out our country backgrounders.

Barry Lopez

Arctic Dreams

Andrew Stuhl

Unfreezing the Arctic: Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands

Robert McGhee

The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

Julie Cruikshank

Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination

Birgitta Evengård, Joan Nymand Larsen, and Øyvind Paasche

The New Arctic

Shari Fox Gearheard, Lene Kielsen Holm, Henry Huntington, Joe Mello leavitt, Andrew R. Mahoney, Margaret Opie, Toku Oshima, and Joelie Sanguya