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Newsletter No. 10 March 2001.
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| Dear friends and members of the MOST Circumpolar Coping Processes
Project,
The days are getting longer, and the sun becomes more powerful. The long winter is soon over. Regarding the MOST CCPP, a number of important activities are in progress or will take place soon. One of them is the Storfjord conference this summer. Here we will both evaluate the first phase of the MOST CCPP, but also decide how to embark for the second phase. And once again, I will draw your attention to the MOST CCPP website at www.uit.no/MostCCPP/ .
As announced in earlier newsletters, the STORFJORD CONFERENCE of the MOST CCPP will take place 6. 10. June 2001 at the municipality of Storfjord, close to Tromsø, Norway. The conference will follow up the 1998 user conference at Isafjørdur, Iceland, and users from all the MOST CCPP localities together with the researchers will discuss/evaluate their experience with the work of the MOST CCPP network. The conference The conference should be used to gather the researchers and users involved in the work of the MOST CCPP network. The importance of the presence of the users has to be stressed here, and we will learn from the user conference in Iceland, March 1998. Among the results we will present the publications of the project so far, and hopefully will be able to present a new publication based on a number of contributions from the Joensuu workshop on Coping Strategies and Regional Policy in November 2000. In many ways this conference will finalise and conclude phase I of the MOST CCPP project, and an orientation/discussion regarding the MOST CCPP phase II (2001 - 2004) will be a part of the conference. Programme: Wednesday, 6. June 2001Practical details MOST CCPP herby invites one official representative (user) from each reference locality, and one researcher reporting from each locality. According to the aim of the conference, each community will be presented. Related to this presentation, the MOST CCPP hopes you will be able to do this presentation (more details will be given later). The MOST CCPP will cover accommodation, food, the costs related to the excursion and the joint transfer from Tromsø airport to the conference site in Skibotn/Storfjord community (app. 120 km from Tromsø) for one representative from each reference locality. But with limited means, we have to ask you to organize and to cover your travel to Tromsø yourself. The travel agency Berg-Hansen Reisebureau in Tromsø (cooperating with the MOST CCPP secretariat at the University of Tromsø) has pre-booked a number of airplane seats from Oslo to Tromsø. The travel agency will be pleased to assist you in organising all your travel in connection with the conference. Please contact: Berg-Hansen Reisebureau Sjolundveien 7 P.O. Box 2015 N-9265 Tromsø phone: +47 77 60 25 10 fax: +47 77 60 25 11 e-mail: hill.grethe.lauknes@berg-hansen.no Please consult the MOST
CCPP homepage for further details. And please dont hesitate to contact
the MOST CCPP secretariat if more information is required.
The conference is supported by: NORA North Atlantic Committee of the Nordic Coouncil of Ministers
Send the application form to:
The course is the first in a series of eight PhD-courses organized by of the Nordic Research School on Local Dynamics (NOLD) and the national PhD-school supported by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR). The course is arranged in close cooperation with the Nordic PhD-network "The Local-Global Tension" that for many years has arranged PhD-courses in Urban and Regional Development. The course is open for any participant interested, one condition is to submit a paper before 1 May 2001. In the first course of the NOLD, we want to focus on strategies and policies coping with the challenges of economies and cultures under conditions of "glocalisation". As indicated with the notion of glocalisation, we have a specific interest in investigating and understanding the local consequences and strategies involved in the process of globalisation. During the course, we will discuss what should be considered as regional policies today. With the dismantling of Keynesian welfare states, many actors also on the local level can be considered practitioners of regional policies. Furthermore, we will investigate the relations between power and space as practiced by people in business innovation, social networking and cultural representation, and we are especially interested in how these dimensions are connected. We have combined a number of university lecturers in human geography and other social sciences that are experienced scholars in different dimension of local development and regional policies. Our approach is committed to the living conditions and social justice important to most people. And we invite doctoral students across disciplines to participate and contribute to the inaugural research course of NOLD in Tromsø. The format of the course will be that of a workshop meaning that we will provide space and time for dialogue and discussion. Each doctoral student participating has to submit a paper in advance and present it in paper sessions. The ambition is that all papers will have review comments in the sessions from two discussants among the lecturers:
Sunday, 10. June 2001 20:00 Joint dinner at the restaurant at the upper station (420 m) of the Cable Car with its incredible opportunity to follow the midnight sun when it never sets. 09:15 10:45 lecture "Survival strategies a comparative analysis of rural transformation" by professor Markku Tykkyläinen, Finland 10:45 11:00 coffee break 11:00 12:40 paper session 12:45 13:30 lunch at the University 13:30 14:15 opportunity for a walk in the Botanical Garden close to the Campus 14:15 15:45 lecture "Approaches to institutions in regional development" by professor Britt Dale, Norway 15:45 16:00 coffee break 16:00 17:45 paper session 17:45 18:00 sum up of the first day 20:00 dinner at the Student Centre "Driv" downtown Tromsø. 11:30 17:00 departure excursion to costal village "Sommarøy" included rural lunch at "Hella". 18:00 dinner at "Driv" downtown Tromsø. 19:30 paper session at "Driv" Dr. Unnur Dís Skaptadottir, Iceland 10:30 10:45 coffee break 10:45 12:40 paper session 12:45 13:30 lunch at the University 13:30 14:15 opportunity for a guided tour around the University Campus 14:15 15:45 lecture "Beyond the nation state - Regional policy and identity between substance and strategy" by associate professor Anders Löfgren, Norway 15:45 16:00 coffee break 16:00 17:45 paper session 17:45 18:00 sum up of the third day 20:00 21:00 guided visit at the Polar Museum, Tromsø 21:00 dinner at "Driv" " downtown Tromsø Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt, Denmark, visiting professor University in Tromsø 10:30 10:45 coffee break 10:45 12:00 conclusion and discussion, evaluation and closing of the workshop 12:15 13:00 concluding Arctic Lunch at the University 13:15 (optional) transfer airport The secretariat has pre-booked a number of rooms at the student boarding school, and the price for the period 9.-16.06.2001 (one additional day before the start and at the end for your own activities).The Course fee is NOK 2.300,- ($ 260,-) including accommodation at the student boarding school in single rooms w/private bath (sleeping bag required) and all meals. To be booked through the NOLD secretariat. Course fee for meals only NOK 1.300,- ($145,-). Practical information The course is open for any participant interested, one condition is to submit a paper before 1 May 2001. The deadline for application is 1 May 2001. The application form is to be found at the end of this invitation, or at the NOLD website www.uit.no/MostCCPP . The course corresponds to 6 ECTS (2 vekttall). The language of the course and all presentations is English. The lectures include the opportunity for questions, and time for discussions will be provided. The paper presentations are given by the participants of the PhD-course and the time frame is 20 min for presentation and following 20 min discussion for each discussion. We aim to make each presentation available on the NOLD homepage www.uit.no/MostCCPP . Both NOLD and the PhD network "The local-global tension" has a focus on locality level studies. The course is taken place in the days following the MOST CCPP policy conference in Storfjord 6-9 June 2001. Basic information on the Nordic Research School on Local Dynamics can be found under NOLD at the web-site www.uit.no/MostCCPP. The plan of the following three NOLD-courses so far:
NOLD, research officer Jochen Peters
Local-Global PhD-network, Britt Dale
NOLD-coordinator, Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt
Send the application form to: The secretariat can now be reached by mobile phone (cell phone), phone no: +47 481 24 604 Related to travelling, the MOST CCPP secretariat will not be staffed
in the period 22.03. 2.04.2001. For any questions during this period,
please get in touch with Nils Aarsæther, e-mail: nilsaa@sv.uit.no
Jørgen Ole Bæarenholdt, project coordinator Nils Aarsæther, project co-coordinator Jochen Peters, Research Officer |
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