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Arctic Art Institute, as an interdisciplinary laboratory, is engaged in the research and production of new artistic narratives and the rediscovery of forgotten Nothern histories.
The Alyaska project is a continuation of long-term artistic research on the microhistories of the North conducted in collaboration with the Anchorage Museum.
In 2016, the first Arctic Art Forum took place in Arkhangelsk. One of its participants was the curator of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska, Aaron Leggett. Residents of the city and artists learned about New Arkhangelsk, the first capital of Alaska - today's Sitka. The first governor of this city was Alexander Baranov from the Russian town of Kargopol, and his monument still stands on Sitka Square. Russian names are still preserved on the map of Alaska, and in the village of Ninilchik, near Anchorage, linguists from the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences compiled a dictionary of the dialect of the Russian language. Its carriers are the descendants of Russians and Alaska natives, the first settlers of Ninilchik. The dialect of Russian they speak dates back to the reign of Alexander II and existed long before Alaska became America's 49th state.
The Alyaska project is dedicated to both the past and the present in the art of the Arctic. Artists working in Northern Russia and Alaska met for the IV Arctic Art Forum, virtual studio visits and the result of the project is the film and the journal. What do artists working in the Northern regions have in common? How can art (re)tell stories and create new dialogues?
Artists
Ash Adams, Brian Adams, Katie Basile, Anna Hoover, Sonya Keliher-Combs, Amy Meissner, Daria Orlova, Ulyana Podkorytova, Igor Samolet, Ustina Yakovleva, Sergey Zhigaltsov
Essayists / Artists
Evgenia Arbugaeva, Arcacia Johnson, Timo Jokela, Nikolay Smirnov, Ekaterina Sharova
Consultant
Marek Ranis
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Perspectives of Franco-German scientific cooperation
When: 6th October 2021
Where: Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Luisenstraße 58/59 10117 Berlin (Mitte)
Registration: Please register until 30 September via www.reklim.de/arctic-change. Participation in the event is free of charge.
General Information
The Arctic has increasingly moved into the international spotlight in recent decades, partly because of the particularly striking impact of climate change on humans and the environment there. Today, the Arctic is affected by warming twice as strong as the global mean temperature of the Earth, to witness the first rainfall recorded ever on top of Greenland’s ice sheet in August 2021. The Arctic is therefore considered an early warning system of global climate change.
Fostered by a long-lasting collaborative Franco-German initiative, a new Graduate School in Arctic transdisciplinary studies has been founded by AWI and UVSQ/Université Paris-Saclay with the support of the Franco-German University in Saarbruck. The Graduate School will connect doctoral training programmes of the two institutions in this rapidly developing field of polar research. Driven by a team of internationally renowned polar scientists, the Graduate school will consolidate Franco-German cooperation and excellence in this field while training future experts at the highest level.
This official opening event will raise awareness among Arctic specialists and the public about the urgent need for important decisions and coordinated action among all nations on climate mitigation and adaptation and the particular role that Franco-German initiatives can play in this field. The evening will be dedicated to regional and dynamical aspects of change in the Arctic concerning both the environment and humans. A panel discussion with experts including scientists and indigenous representatives will then focus on the important question of the role of international and transdisciplinary cooperation in this context. The event will be closed by the official inauguration of the new Graduate school PACCSS (Perceiving Arctic Change – Climate, Society and Sustainability).
Discussions will be followed by a reception including food and drink, to foster exchange between participants.
Programme
18:00 - 18:20 h - Opening:
- Anne-Marie Descôtes, Ambassador of France to Germany
- Prof. Olivier Mentz, President of Université franco-allemande / Deutsch-Französische Hochschule Saarbrücken
- Prof. Antje Boetlus, Director of Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
- Prof. Alain Bul, Président of UVSQ, associate member of Université Paris-Saclay)
18:20 - 19:00 h - Testimonial Lectures:
- The Arctic region in the spot light of climate: Apl. Prof Bernhard Diekmann (Head of Research Unit AWI Potsdam / Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research)
- Co-Construction scientific knowledge about climate change in Siberia with Indigenous Communities: Alexandra Lavrillier (UVSQ / Université Paris-Saclay / Institut Universitaire France) and Semen Gabyshev (Evenki Reindeer Herder, Associate Researcher UVSQ / Université Paris-Saclay)
19:00 - 20:00 h - Moderated Panel Discussion:
The importance of international and transdisciplinary cooperation in view of Arctic change: environment, societies and science diplomacy
- Moderation: Grace Dobush
- Jacques Raharinaivo, Executive Officer to the Ambassador for the Poles, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Alexandra Lavrillier, UVSQ / Université Paris-Saclay / Institut Universitaire France
- Semen Gabyshev, Evenki Reindeer Herder / Associate Researcher UVSQ / Université Paris-Saclay
- Apl. Prof Bernhard Diekmann, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
- Prof. Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Aleksanteri Institute - Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Helsinki
20:00 - 20:15 h - Inauguration of PhD Graduate School:
- Prof. Olivier Mentz, Président of Université franco-allemande / Deutsch-Französische Hochschule Saarbrücken
- Prof. Jan Borm, Vice President UVSQ in charge of international relations
- Dr. Klaus Grosfeld, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research / REKLIM
- Dr. Renate Treffeisen, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research / REKLIM
End 22:00 h - Wrap-up, drinks and food
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“Humanity faces two catastrophic, indeed existential, threats—climate change and nuclear war. These risks play out before us as if on split screen. Though ostensibly discrete, the events playing out on the split screen are linked. This new nexus between geostrategic competition and climate change must be understood and integrated in policy if the twin threats are to be averted,” writes Wilson Center Senior Vice President, Robert Litwak, in the latest contribution to 21st Century Diplomacy: Foreign Policy is Climate Policy.
Litwak argues that the avoidance of unconstrained geostrategic competition is a prerequisite for managing the climate threat, and lays out a case for why the linkage between geostrategic competition and climate change is unavoidable.
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Dear Paleoceanography Community and Friends,
It is less than one year to the ICP14… so time for an update from us here in Bergen.
Currently, the scientific committee is finalising an exciting plenary program. The local organising committee is taking care of the all the practical things that come with planning a meeting that can reach the widest possible audience.
Our aim is to hold a physical meeting in Bergen, as we think an ICP cannot work without a vibrant poster session and cherished activities like the paleomusicology concert. And we also really want to showcase Bergen and its special micro-climate to you. We are hopeful that in one year from now, the pandemic will have less effect on international travel and that Norway’s covid-19 regulations will be more relaxed than they are today.
To ensure the participation of researchers with limited travel funds and/or those who cannot travel due to covid-19 restrictions, there will be a online component to the ICP14 meeting. Talks will be streamed and will be made available after the event to registered participants. We also plan to set-up an online interaction with the poster presenters, before, during and after the meeting. We are currently working out the final details of this hybrid meeting setup.
The ICP14 homepage is being populated with key information, as of today: a preliminary program, science themes, confirmed speakers, information on Bergen and surroundings, etc.
In the weeks leading up to 1 December, when registration and abstract submission opens, you will receive more information from us about:
- schedule details
- the venues, social events, field trips, etc.
- online participation
- and of course, an updated weather prediction for late August 2022 (it is supposed to be marvellous!)
All information will be posted on the ICP14 homepage.
In order to minimize carbon footprints, we encourage the organization of pre- or post-conference workshops and meetings. If you plan such an event please send an email to
For any other inquiry regarding ICP14, please also contact
Best regards,
The ICP14 organising committee
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With Curtis Seaman, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, CSU
When: 15th September 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will reach 10 years on-orbit onboard the Suomi-NPP satellite in late-October of this year. As the primary imager of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program, VIIRS collects observations of the Earth in 22 spectral bands ranging from the near-UV (400 nm) to the longwave-IR (12 μm). VIIRS contains 5 Imagery-resolution bands (~375 m resolution at nadir), 16 Moderate-resolution bands (~750 m resolution at nadir) and the revolutionary Day/Night Band (~750 m resolution across the swath). On-board Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 (plus the JPSS-2 satellite scheduled to launch a year from now), each VIIRS instrument provides full global coverage twice a day, with ~50 min. temporal sampling of the polar regions. This presentation will discuss the utility of VIIRS imagery, focusing on two spectral bands that are not present on any existing geostationary satellite: the Day/Night Band, which provides visible-wavelength information at night, and the 1.24 μm band (M-8), which is particularly sensitive to the surface properties of snow and ice. The band M-8 is the key component of the recently developed Snowmelt RGB (shown in the image), which has utility for discriminating wet vs. dry snow, old vs. new snow, and even rain on top of snow. The Day/Night Band's unique ability to detect snow and ice at night is a boon to meteorologists and other operational users, particularly in the high latitudes where sunlight is absent during the long winters. In addition, a new tool for viewing VIIRS imagery will be discussed. Named Polar SLIDER, it is currently the only website that provides global VIIRS imagery in near-realtime and - thanks to two VIIRS instruments on-orbit - it provides a quasi-geostationary view of both poles.
How to join the seminar
Zoom
https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/5409618610
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Telephone
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Meeting ID: 5409618610
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