The message below is a call for papers on "Intersections: Challenges of
Higher Education in the Arctic", a workshop session to be held at the
Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV) in
May 2001. The deadline for submissions is 21 February 2001.
For more information on the call for papers, contact:
Rasmus Ole Rasmussen - rasmus [at] ruc.dk,
Heather Myers - myers [at] unbc.ca, and
Richard Langlais - richard.langlais [at] adm.uit.no
For more information on the Fourth International Congress of Arctic
Social Sciences (ICASS IV) - The Power of Traditions: Identities,
Politics and Social Sciences, to be held from 16-20 May 2001 in
Quebec City, QC, Canada, go to:
http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/iassa/icass4.html
ICASS IV Session: Call for Papers
Intersections: Challenges of Higher Education in the Arctic
Deadline for Submissions: 21 February 2001
Higher education in the North experiences a number of competing tensions
which are grounded in the dichotomies between being a component of
national development versus being a player in globalization processes,
and responding to agendas set by local conditions or requirements versus
more global approaches and generalized demands.
This four-hour workshop will focus on the different agendas influencing
higher education in the Arctic, and will discuss means, measures, and
priorities for further development of educational opportunities.
An introductory session featuring a few key-note presentations will
outline the dilemma, followed by a discussion session where short
presentations can be exchanged, focusing on practical experiences and
recommendations for future development of higher education in the North.
Issues that need to be dealt with include:
- what content is relevant to the North? are there good ways to
determine the local agenda? - what is useful content, and how does it relate to the local agenda?
- how can international standards be integrated with local
requirements? - how can the educational system satisfy local expectations? student
expectations? - are student expectations realized by the educational experience?
- what forms of cooperation enhance the educational possibilities?
what are the obstacles? - what are the experiences from CASS, CAES, or other
exchange/experiential programs? - how can the University of the Arctic deal with these issues?
- are educational institutions keeping pace with the development of the
concept/identity of the arctic region? - where is the boundary between the political and the academic? is
this productive? - what is the interplay between local, national, and arctic-regional
interest and how does this affect higher education opportunities?
Please send abstracts for proposed papers, electronically, preferably
within the text of an email rather than as an attachment, to:
Rasmus Ole Rasmussen - rasmus [at] ruc.dk,
Heather Myers - myers [at] unbc.ca, and
Richard Langlais - richard.langlais [at] adm.uit.no
Deadline for Submissions: 21 February 2001