The network aims to identify and share contemporary and innovative practices in teaching, learning, research and knowledge exchange in the fields of arts, design and visual culture education. The Thematic Network (TN) Arctic Sustainable Arts & Design (ASAD) seeks to:
- Promote cooperation and collaboration between universities, institutions and communities focused on Northern, Arctic issues in the field of arts, design and visual culture.
- Improve arts, design and visual culture education amongst the members of the University of the Arctic (UArctic).
- Identify and share contemporary and innovative practices in teaching, learning, research and knowledge exchange in the fields of arts, design and visual culture education.
The TN consists of three Special Interest Groups (SIG):
- Arctic Arts and Visual Culture Education (AAVCE)
- Arctic Sustainable Design (Design)
- Indigenous Art and Craft
The member institutions may participate in the network activities through one or both SIGs depending on their own interests.
Leader professor
- Timo Jokela, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland
SIG leaders:
- Arctic Sustainable Design, Professor in Design for Sustainability Cindy Kohtala, Umeå University
- Arctic Arts and Visual Culture Education, Assistant Professor Hanna Ólafsdóttir, University of Iceland
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Professor in Duodji Gunvor Guttorm, Sámi University of Applied sciences