In late August 2026, the ArcticKnows consortium travelled to the Varangerfjord region of northern Norway for the project’s Annual Meeting and General Assembly, hosted in Nesseby over three days of presentations, discussion and fieldwork with the local community. Day One: Arriving in Nesseby The meeting opened with a welcome that set the tone for everything […]
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Where are the places that matter to you around the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka?
The Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka participatory mapping survey is open One of the questions ArcticKnows keeps coming back to is deceptively simple: who gets to say what a place is for? In the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka Biosphere Reserve, decisions about land use, tourism, nature protection and economic development are made at many different levels — local, regional, national. The people […]
Newsletter 1
June 2026 – News from the field work areasOver the past months, the ArcticKnows team has been in the field in South Greenland, Varangerfjord, Vindelälven-Juntåhkka Biosphere Reserve, and around Lake Inari. Sitting at kitchen tables, walking frozen shorelines, mapping the places that matter, and trying to earn the trust of the communities we are here […]
Giving something back: a letter to the communities we met in Sweden
May 2026 – Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka pilot area In early May, part of the ArcticKnows team spent a week in the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka Biosphere Reserve in Västerbotten, Sweden: one of the four pilot areas where the project is working alongside communities to co-create knowledge about regenerative economies. Over five days we moved through Rusksele, Sorsele, Ammarnäs, Granö and […]