The seminar on the Russian-Norwegian borderland is placed in a context of current geopolitical tensions in Eastern and Central Europe, in times when several countries are exhibiting slow growth and even recession. However, most signs up north are still positive.
During the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Kirkenes and the Finnmark region, Kirkenes was visited not only by the Norwegian King and Prime Minster, but also by the foreign ministers of Russia and Norway, Mr. Sergey Lavrov and Mr. Børge Brende. Everyone is interested in keeping Northern Europe as a good example for the future, with its longstanding partnership between Scandinavia and Russia and consensus on important environmental, economical and cultural matters. This seminar will address recent trends in bilateral relations in the Russian-Norwegian borderland when the political affairs in Central Europe and internationally between East and West is more tensed.
Opening speech by the Mayor.
Time schedule:
Ordstyrer Svein Helge Orheim UiT-Norges Arktiske Universitet, Barentsinstituttet
16:00 Velkommen til grenseseminar 2015. Ordfører Cecilie Hansen, Sør-Varanger kommune
16:05 Kirkenes: Frontlinje eller Basecamp Barents?
Universitetslektor Peter Haugseth, UiT-Norges Arktiske Universitet, Campus Kirkenes.
16:10 Geo-økonomi i Nord: Noen perspektiver
Førsteamanuensis Urban Wråkberg, UiT-Norges Arktiske Universitet, Campus Kirkenes
16:25 Politisk kommunikasjon og media i det russiske grenselandet
Professor Olga Ivanishcheva, Det statlige humanistiske universitet i Murmansk (MSHU)
16:40 Lokal – regional politikk i norsk-russisk barents
Førsteamanuensis Kjell Hines, UiT-Norges Arktiske Universitet, Campus Alta
17:55 Ethnographies of Northern Landscapes
Phd.student Morgan Ip, AHO Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo & UiT- Norges Arktiske Universitet, Barentsinstituttet
17:10 The Urbanization in the Arctic: Socio-Economic Transitions and sustainability of Urban Systems
Phd.student Karolina Banul, UiT- Norges Arktiske Universitet, Barents Instituttet
17:25 Det russiske markedet i Kirkenes - kunstneriske intervensjoner
Hilde Methi, Mobile Kulturbyrå
17:40 Oppsummering. Marianne Soleim Neerland, Instituttleder Barentsinstituttet
17:45 «Allsang ved grensen» med Gruppa Krovy (NO)
Seminarinnleggene blir tolket.