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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 2d

📚 We highly recommend 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰, by Mia Bennett (Univ. Washington; InfraNorth associate researcher) & Klaus Dodds (Royal Holloway) — an insightful look at the rapid climate and geopolitical shifts shaping the #Arctic.

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Oct 2025: Book by Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic - InfraNorth

A new book examining the rapid climate and geopolitical shifts in the Arctic, Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic, by Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, has been recently published by Yale Univ...

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 9d

I’m really looking forward to my talk tomorrow at #DGSKA2025 (@dgska.bsky.social) in #Cologne.

I’ll be speaking about #sustainability & #infrastructure in 🇨🇦, drawing on my work with @infranortherc.bsky.social @univie.ac.at.

Port of Churchill, MB, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 13d

Next week, four #InfraNorth researchers will present at the 2025 GASCA/DGKSA conference, on how #infrastructures sustain & transform livelihoods; epistemologies & methodologies of accompanied research; and commoning practices in the #Arctic.

@philbu.bsky.social @dgska.bsky.social #Anthropology

Oct 1, 2025: InfraNorth Presentations at the 2025 GASCA Conference “Un/Commoning Anthropology” - InfraNorth

On October 1, 2025, InfraNorth researchers Philipp Budka, Elena Davydova, Katrin Schmid and Susanna Gartler will present at the 2025 conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthro...

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 14d

The conference "Beyond #Infrastructure?" @univie.ac.at is followed by a workshop on #Arctic #transport futures with various stakeholders & experts from Northern #Europe & Arctic #America.

Tim Heleniak (Nordregio) presents on panarctic infrastructures.

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Matt Barlow @materialbarlow.bsky.social · 14d

Really enjoyed my last couple of days at the @infranortherc.bsky.social conference 'Beyond Infrastructure: Un-built environments of the anthropocene' in Vienna. My first time presenting research from my PhD in Europe 💫

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Zali Fung @zalifung.bsky.social · 14d

Really enjoyed presenting my work on unbuilt “amorphous” dams and diversions in the Salween River Basin today at the ‘Beyond Infrastructure’ conference & vibrant discussions on infrastructural politics, thanks @infranortherc.bsky.social

Alessandro Rippa @alessandrorippa.bsky.social · 15d

Great listening to @zalifung.bsky.social speaking about her work on the Salween river basin at the @infranortherc.bsky.social conference in Vienna!

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 13d

It was such a pleasure having you at the conference, @materialbarlow.bsky.social! Thank you for your fantastic presentation! ✨

InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 13d

It was a pleasure having you with us, @zalifung.bsky.social! Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the #BeyondInfrastructure conference! 🙌

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Alessandro Rippa @alessandrorippa.bsky.social · 15d

Great listening to @zalifung.bsky.social speaking about her work on the Salween river basin at the @infranortherc.bsky.social conference in Vienna!

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 16d

Looking forward to my presentation tomorrow @infranortherc.bsky.social conference, where I show how #transport #infrastructures enable northern #sovereignty in 🇨🇦.
#Arctic #anthropology

Street sign in Churchill, MB, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 17d

In his keynote lecture, Alessandro Rippa takes us on a journey across the China-Burma borderlands to examine #Anthropocene landscapes as extended #infrastructure space.

🔗 infranorth.eu/beyond-infrastructure-conference/

#BeyondInfrastructure #InfraNorth @alessandrorippa.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Alessandro Rippa gives the keynote lecture of the Beyond Infrastructure conference at the University of Vienna, September 22. 2025.

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 17d

🙌 Excited to kick off the #BeyondInfrastructure #conference today with a keynote lecture by Alessandro Rippa (University of Oslo)!

🏗️ Scholars from diverse fields will engage in interdisciplinary discussions on #infrastructure and beyond.

@alessandrorippa.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #InfraNorth

Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene - InfraNorth

Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene International Conference, University of Vienna, September 22 – 24, 2025 About the conference Keynote lecture Registration Program Fre...

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 17d

The @infranortherc.bsky.social conference "Beyond #Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the #Anthropocene" starts today @univie.ac.at bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines to rethink how built, unbuilt & imagined environments shape our world:
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Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene - InfraNorth

Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene International Conference, University of Vienna, September 22 – 24, 2025 About the conference Keynote lecture Registration Program Fre...

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 29d

🗣 Today at #EUGEO2025 Congress @oeaw.bsky.social, @alexissancho.bsky.social presents a paper coauthored with Timothy Heleniak, based on #InfraNorth research in the #FaroeIslands:

📄 “Turning the Faroes Into One City – Demographic & Spatial Impacts of 60 Years of Transport Infrastructure Expansion.”

Sep 10, 2025: Presentation by Alexis Sancho Reinoso at the EUGEO Congress 2025 - InfraNorth

At the EUGEO Congress 2025 in Vienna, held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences from September 8 to 11, Alexis Sancho Reinoso will present a paper co-authored with Timothy Heleniak: “Turning the Faroes...

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Sep 9

❄️ What questions can travel across #Arctic communities that share little beyond snow and latitude, and still make sense in each place?

📝 The #InfraNorth survey set out to gather comparable data on #transport realities across the circumpolar North.

✍️ @alexissancho.bsky.social reflects:

Transport Realities Across the Arctic: Insights from the InfraNorth Questionnaire Survey - InfraNorth

By Alexis Sancho-Reinoso What questions can travel across communities that share little beyond snow and latitude, and still make sense in each place? That was the challenge we faced in the InfraNorth ...

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Aug 22

⏳ Just over a week left to register for the #conference 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? (𝗨𝗻-)𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲, taking place Sept. 22–24 at @univie.ac.at!

🎫 Register by Sept. 1 to join in person, or anytime until the conference for online attendance.

🙌 Stay tuned—updated program soon!

Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene - InfraNorth

Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene International Conference, University of Vienna, September 22 – 24, 2025 About the conference Keynote lecture Registration Program Fre...

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Aug 20

🛻 After a two-day journey on wheels, the 113-year-old church of #Kiruna, which was at risk of being swallowed by the iron ore mine, arrives safely at the new city centre. #InfraNorth has been following the events from afar...

Ria-Maria Adams @riaadams.bsky.social · Aug 20

🏗️⛪️ Final steps before #Kiruna #kyrka reaches its new place. Would’ve loved to be there in person, but so grateful for the #SVT’s livestream for the past two days. Just incredible planning and precision at work.🎯Can’t wait to visit! @infranortherc.bsky.social #urbantransformation #kirunamove

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Jul 21

Excited to take part in workshop "Past Tense, #Future Imperfect" @unibonn.bsky.social’s Global Heritage Lab! Organized by @naohh-easa.bsky.social & @easainfo.bsky.social's FAN network.

I’ll reflect on #time, #ethnography & #infrastructure in Manitoba 🇨🇦

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View of the tundra landscape in northern Manitoba, taken from a window of the Hudson Bay Railway train. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Jul 16

▶️ #InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka delivered the social sciences keynote at the International Digital Security Forum #IDSF2025 in Vienna. He reflected on past and ongoing research, linking questions around #sovereignty and (digital) #infrastructure. The talk is now available to watch online! 👇

Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Jul 16

My keynote on digital #sovereignty in remote #Canada at the International Digital #SecurityForum #Vienna is now online:
youtu.be/mrAmmg1I9ao

Huge thanks to the organizers: @vicesse.bsky.social & Austrian Institute of Technology

@infranortherc.bsky.social
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IDSF25 SST D2M 02 KEYNOTE Community Led Digital Sovereignty Insights and Lessons from an Indigenous

YouTube video by AIT TomorrowToday

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Jul 3

@zalifung.bsky.social 🙌 We’re really looking forward to your presentation and meeting you in Vienna this September!

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Jul 3

📢 We are excited to announce the preliminary program for the conference “𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? (𝗨𝗻-)𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲”!

🌍 Join us at the University of Vienna (@univie.ac.at), Sept 22–24, for an interdisciplinary dialogue on #infrastructure #research.

🎫 Early bird ends July 6!

Conference program - Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene - InfraNorth

The conference will open on Monday, September 22, 2025, with a keynote lecture by Alessandro Rippa (University of Oslo), titled Anthropocene Landscapes? Or, a Renewed Anthropology of Infrastructure fo...

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Jul 1

✨ Ria-Maria Adams, #InfraNorth researcher at @univie.ac.at, reflects on (and shares impressions from) her experience at the #EdgeNet workshop on #peripheries research at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 👇

Ria-Maria Adams @riaadams.bsky.social · Jul 1

🌾 Last week’s #Edgenet workshop at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social spotlighted the #periphery 🫶🏼 Discussing industrial booms & busts, the (lack of) infrastructure, and the role of mining in shaping remote regions. Inspired by this amazing group‘s take on local #initiatives ✨ @infranortherc.bsky.social

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Jun 18

🏗️✈️ What role can #comparison play in the #anthropology of #infrastructures? Some insights from the panel chaired by @riaadams.bsky.social at the #FAC2025 Finnish #Anthropology conference in Helsinki @helsinki.fi @univie.ac.at #InfraNorth

Ria-Maria Adams @riaadams.bsky.social · Jun 18

In our #infrastructure panel,we discussed from German museums to Chinese NGOs to #Arctic airports - how comparison isn’t about ranking or simplifying but rather about opening up understanding, challenging assumptions, and making differences analytically visible🔍🌍 #FAC2025 @infranortherc.bsky.social

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Jun 18

#InfraNorth researcher @riaadams.bsky.social is in Helsinki, taking part in the #FAC2025 Finnish Anthropology conference, where she presented a paper and chaired the panel “Rethinking #Infrastructure through Comparative Lenses.” @univie.ac.at #UHel

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Ria-Maria Adams @riaadams.bsky.social · Jun 18

🌀Two days into the Finnish #Anthropology Conference. Been diving into different takes on #comparison and how colleagues use it in their work.Still untangling how to make it work best in our @infranortherc.bsky.social research, but there are still a few sessions left to spark ideas ✨ #FAC2025 #UHel

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · Jun 18

📸🌌 How do imaginaries of remote, climate-vulnerable places emerge through #tourism #infrastructures?

📝 Visual #Anthropology: “Framing Multipolar Tourism: Imaginaries, Visualities and Futures” by J. Sinanan (@manchester.ac.uk), @riaadams.bsky.social & @philbu.bsky.social of @univie.ac.at #InfraNorth

New article in Visual Anthropology: “Framing Multipolar Tourism: Imaginaries, Visualities and Futures” by Jolynna Sinanan, Ria-Maria Adams and Philipp Budka (2025)- InfraNorth

The peer-reviewed academic journal Visual Anthropology has just published the article “Framing Multipolar Tourism: Imaginaries, Visualities and Futures,” written jointly by Jolynna Sinanan (University...

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