On April 29 and 30 scholars will be gathering at Trent University to discuss the history of Arctic science during the Cold War. Our focus will be on North America (including Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland), but we will also be making comparisons with other regions in the circumpolar north.
Our workshop is bringing together more than thirty of the most prominent experts on the history of Arctic science, from Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Workshop panels will cover several aspects of the history of Cold War Arctic science, including the early Cold War era, the implications of resource development for science, the relations between science and military activity and between science and environmental concerns, the role of the body in Arctic science, the relations between science and Indigenous knowledge and between science and territory, and the formation of scientific networks. The workshop will pay particular attention to the history of science and of Indigenous knowledge � linking two research communities too often kept separate.
Dan Heidt and I have organized this workshop, and we're delighted to be welcoming such an interesting group of scholars to Trent and to Peterborough, Ontario! And we also thank our funders: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Trent University, the Swedish Research Council, and the Symons Trust. The workshop is co-hosted by Trent's School for the Study of Canada and the Trent School of the Environment.
Program
29 April 2016
8:15-8:40 Workshop Registration
8:40-9:00 Opening Remarks
Neil Emery (Vice President for Research, Trent University)
James Conolly (Director, School for the Study of Canada)
Daniel Heidt (Trent University)
Stephen Bocking (Trent University)
9:00-10:00 Panel 1: Anticipating the Cold War Chair: Janet Martin-Nielsen (Aarhus University)
Tina Adcock (Simon Fraser University): How (not) to know the Arctic: The trials and tribulations of the Arctic Manual
Dawn Alexandrea Berry (Cornell University): War on Ice: Science, American Foreign Policy, and Greenland (1916-1951)
Richard Powell (Oxford University): Cosmopolitan Science in Greenland, 1920-1940
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-11:15 Panel 2: Resources and Cold War Science Chair: Peter Kikkert (Trent University)
Rafico Ruiz (Trent University): Saudi Dreams: Icebergs in Iowa
Peder Roberts on behalf of co-authors Dag Avango and Hanna Vikstr�m (KTH Royal Institute of Technology): Science and Contrasting Visions of Prosperity in Northern Canada and Greenland, 1945-1980
Fikret Berkes on behalf of co-author David Rosenberg (University of Manitoba): Opening up the Canadian Mid-North for Hydroelectric Development
11:15-11:30 Refreshment Break
11:30-12:30 Panel 3: Science and the Military Chair: Matthew Wiseman (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Henrik Knudsen (Danish National Archives): Rockets over Thule? The Politics of Rockets in Cold War Greenland
Mitchell Patterson (Queen�s University): Traditional Skills, Science, and Sovereignty: Military exercises in the High North
Peter Kikkert (Trent University) and P. Whitney Lackenbauer (St. Jerome�s University): Cleaning Up the Cold War: Science, Inuit Stewardship, and the Remediation of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Panel 4: Science and Environmental Anxieties Chair: Victoria Herrmann (SPRI)
Heather Nicol (Trent University): Canada's North and the "Natural News"
Andrew Stuhl (Bucknell University): Science Incarnate: John C. Reed, Max Brewer, and the Moral Dilemmas of the Cold War Arctic
Stephen Bocking (Trent University): Energy, Science, and the Arctic Environment: The Formation of an Industry/Government Compact
3:00-3:30 Refreshment Break
3:30-4:30 Panel 5: Science and the Body Chair: Tess Lanzarotta (Yale University)
Matthew Farish (University of Toronto): Survival Geography: The Human Sciences in the Cold War Arctic, and Beyond
Matthew Wiseman: (Wilfrid Laurier University): Frontier Footage: 'Going North' and the Filming of Arctic Military Science in Canada, 1947-1950
Sverker S�rlin (KTH Royal Institute of Technology): The Science of Fiber, Food, and Fatigue in the Cold Field
4:30-5:00 Break
5:00-6:00 Keynote Address: Ronald Doel (Florida State University): Telling Stories � Conflict, Cooperation and Memory in Cold War Arctic Science
7:00-9:30 DINNER
Canadian Canoe Museum: 910 Monaghan Road, Peterborough. Transportation provided.
30 April 2016
9:00-10:00 Panel 6: Science and Indigenous Peoples Chair: Mitchell Patterson (Queen's University)
Patricia Cochran (Alaska Native Science Commission): Legacy of the Cold War: Indigenous Peoples and Native Science
Tina Loo (University of British Columbia): Political Animals: Barren Ground Caribou and their Managers in a �Post-Normal� Age
Tess Lanzarotta (Yale University): Melting the Ice Curtain: Indigeneity and the Alaska-Siberia Medical Research Program in the Era of Glasnost
10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30-11:30 Panel 7: Science, Territory and Authority Chair: Rafico Ruiz (Trent University)
Janet Martin-Nielsen on behalf of co-author Matthias Heymann (Aarhus University): Power, Knowledge and Territory: Performing Sovereignty in Greenland
Daniel Heidt (Trent University) and P. Whitney Lackenbauer (St. Jerome�s University): The Advisory Committee on Northern Development (ACND) and Arctic Science, 1948-67
Victoria Herrmann (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge): Alaska�s Cold War Tensions: Internationalism, Nationalism, and the Transformation of Place
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Panel 8: Networks of Science Chair: Shelagh Grant (Trent University)
Peder Roberts (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Lize-Mari� van der Watt (Ume� University): The Arctic Institute of North America�s Early Years, 1942-1964
Julia Lajus (European University at St. Petersburg): Soviet-North American scientific networks and distorted circulation of knowledge about the Arctic through the Iron Curtain
Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University): Circumpolar human adaptability science and its global networks (1960-1980)
2:00-2:30 Refreshment Break
2:30-4:00: Reflections and Discussion
Mark Nuttall (University of Alberta), Christopher Furgal (Trent University), Robert Page (University of Calgary): Reflections
General discussion
4:00-4:15 Closing Remarks
Stephen Bocking & Daniel Heidt (Trent University)
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