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meetings an indigenous forum where UArctic members can discuss and suggest
possible ways of solving implementation gaps in UArctic activities to better
fulfill the needs of the indigenous communities.
Arctic Social Indicators 2010
The 2010 Arctic Social indicators report (a project under the auspices of the
Arctic Councils’ Sustainable Development Working Group) presents a broad
definition of culture that leads to a multidimensional understanding of cultural
well-being and vitality. They identified for their purposes the following
dimensions of culture (p. 92):
• Language (its use and retention),
• Knowledge (and its transmission),
• Communication (including education and performance),
• Spirituality, such as religion and ritual,
• Sociocultural events and media,
• Economic and subsistence practices,
• Social organization, institutions, and networks.
Such an approach connects valuable domains that together form the
potential composite of knowledge for a people. It is important to facilitate the
opportunities for the indigenous communities of the Arctic to maintain such
dimensions as a community and a society. It is not an easy task; this is what
represents a part of the linguistic and cultural diversity of the Arctic.
A holistic approach means to reach a level of balance between the preservation
of domains that traditionally form the identity of the indigenous peoples and
the expansion of modern technology and economy. However, such balance
demands to form an integral platform for indigenous peoples to utilize
possibilities in an integrated manner.
References
1. Arctic Social Indicators. TemaNord 2010:519. Copenhagen: Nordic
Council of Ministers.
2. Draft Minutes of the 13th Council Meeting of the University of the
Arctic. Yakutsk, Russia, Break-out session on Indigenous Issues, June
2-4, 2010.
3. UArctic Strategic Plan 2009-2013. UArctic Publication Series 3,
UArctic International Secretariat. Rovaniemi: University of Lapland.
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