How has the contact with Europeans impacted health in the Arctic in the past and how do contemporary phenomena like climate change and pandemics affect pubic health up North? These are questions addressed by UArctic Chair of Arctic Humanities Jan Borm (MIARC) and Arja Rautio UArctic Emerita Chair in Arctic Health (University of Oulu) during their guest lectures at the UVSQ’s Faculty of Health within the conference cycle “One Health et Santé globale”.
Past epidemics like the Spanish Influenza in Labrador in 1918-1919 have had dramatic effects on the indigenous population and have shaped the collective memory. Such tragedies are still impacting reactions and public health decisions as the COVID 19 pandemic has illustrated.
The two lectures will focus respectively on memories of the influenza and the central role of cultural issues in Arctic indigenous notions of well-being, as well as recent developments in Arctic One Health research.
The lectures will be delivered September 24, 5pm-7pm, at the UFR de Santé Simone Veil in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Amphithéâtre 1, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Arja Rautio is Professor in Arctic Research in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oulu (Finland). Her research focuses on health and wellbeing in the Arctic, climate change and interdisciplinary research ethics. Professor Rautio will be participating online and Jan Borm on site. The lectures will be streamed live on the faculty’s Youtube channel:
