EthnoExpert

11-13 March 2010 EthnoExpert company specialists participated in the conference "VII-th Ushakovskie Chteniya" in Murmansk devoted to the ethnographic, cultural and historical studies on the Russian North. The conference was organized by leading scientific and educational centers of the region: Murmansk State Pedagogical University, State Archives of the Murmansk region, Murmansk Regional Museum and Murmansk State Regional Universal Scientific Library.

During the conference plenary and three special sessions were organized - "The Spiritual Life of the Russian North", "Euro-Arctic Region: History and Modernity", "Local history in literature, history and education". Several presentations were made by the international researchers: Ivar Berklund, Yulian Konstantinov, Vladislava Vladimirova (University of Tromso, Norway) and Veronika Simonova, Vladimir Davydov (University of Aberdeen, UK).

EthnoExpert Co. Scientific Director Konstantin Klokov presentation "Types of reindeer-herding, hunting and fishing households of the European North in 1920s (based on Polar Census)" opened final plenary seesion of the conference. 

Results of the company expedition campaigns in the European North were presented by the EthnoExpert Chief Marketing Officer Stanislav Kiselev in the report "Comparative analysis of the Kanin Peninsula nomadic herders economy systems in 1920-2000s."

Final conference presentation was made by the EthnoExpert Chief Executive Officer Igor Semenov "Company R&D projects experience: Interactive Maps of the traditional landscapes of reindeer herding cultures (Island Kolguev and Taimyr Peninsula)".

EthnoExpert applied research projects in mapping of ethnic and cultural landscapes of indigenous peoples of the Far North show  this technology perspective opportunities use in the preparation and conduct of the social and environmental impact assessment.