InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures

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...

📚 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.

@cryopolitics.com @klausdodds.bsky.social

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

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.

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...

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

Tim Heleniak (Nordregio) presents on panarctic infrastructures.

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.

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 💫

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

🙌 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...

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:
infranorth.eu/beyond-infra...

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...

🗣 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.”

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 ...

❄️ 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:

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...

⏳ 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!

🛻 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...

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

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 🇨🇦

@infranortherc.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at

▶️ #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! 👇

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

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...

📢 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!

✨ 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 👇

🏗️✈️ 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

#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

🔗 Learn more: infranorth.eu/news/jun-17-...

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...

📸🌌 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

Photographers capturing images of a polar bear in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.

New publication:

"Framing multipolar #tourism: Imaginaries, #visualities & #futures" by J. Sinanan, @riaadams.bsky.social & myself published in Visual #Anthropology

doi.org/10.1080/0894...

@infranortherc.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
@manchester.ac.uk‬

May 28, 2025: Le Nunavoix Features Research by Katrin Schmid - InfraNorth A recent article written by journalist Karine Lavoie for Le Nunavoix, a French-language community newspaper published in Nunavut, reports on the recent visit of InfraNorth researcher Katrin Schmid to ...

#LeNunavoix, a French-language newspaper in #Nunavut, features Katrin Schmid’s research (based on 170 interviews in five Qikiqtani communities) on the link between #transport #infrastructure and #food #sovereignty, and how this relationship shapes Nunavut’s future.
#FrCan #InfraNorth @univie.ac.at

Jun 17, 2025: Panel and Presentation by Ria-Maria Adams at the Finnish Anthropological Society Conference 2025 - InfraNorth InfraNorth researcher Ria-Maria Adams will be convening a panel and presenting a paper at the 2025 Biennial Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society in Helsinki. This year’s conference, which...

📅 Next week, on June 17, #InfraNorth researcher Ria-Maria Adams will present a paper and chair the session “Rethinking #Infrastructure through Comparative Lenses: Climate, Environment, and Cultures in Transformation” at the #Finnish #Anthropological Society Conference 2025! @riaadams.bsky.social

Philipp Budka delivers the keynote address for the Social Sciences Track at the International Digital Security Forum (IDSF) 2025. His talk was titled “Community-Led Digital Sovereignty: Insights and Lessons from an Indigenous Initiative in Remote Canada.”

Philipp Budka delivers the keynote address for the Social Sciences Track at the International Digital Security Forum (IDSF) 2025. His talk was titled “Community-Led Digital Sovereignty: Insights and Lessons from an Indigenous Initiative in Remote Canada.”

🛰️📡 Yesterday, #InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka gave the keynote address for the Social Sciences Track at the #IDSF2025 Forum in Vienna! He reflected on past and current research connecting questions of #sovereignty with (digital) #infrastructure. @philbu.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Plenty of Land, Nowhere to Live: Housing as a Limited Resource in Arctic Communities - InfraNorth By Ria-Maria Adams and Katrin Schmid At first glance, northern Sweden’s Malmfälten region and Nunavut in Arctic Canada might seem worlds apart. While the Malmfälten region is defined by a few centrali...

🏠 Plenty of land, but nowhere to live in the #Arctic?

📝 New #InfraNorth blog post! Ria-Maria Adams & Katrin Schmid explore #housing in Sweden’s #Malmfälten and Canada’s #Nunavut. Despite differences, shared challenges highlight the role of transport infrastructure—and more. @riaadams.bsky.social