What does the forest mean to us, to society and to our culture? The forest is a part of society, but society is also a part of the forest. What questions do we need to ask to better understand this relationship?
Forest Social is Future Forests’ lecture series for all students from SLU and Umeå University. The series aims to inspire interdisciplinary perspectives on the forest and explore the relationships between forests and society.
Researchers from arts, humanities and social sciences present their research. After the lectures, there will be time for questions, discussion and fika.
Klara Härgestam, Ph. D. student, Örebro University: Beyond feelings and logic in the forest debate.
Misharch Kwadwo Osei, Ph. D. student in political science, Umeå University.
Gudrun Norstedt, research fellow at Várdduo-Centre för Sámi Research, Umeå University. Summary based on this lecture
Evans Korang Adjei, senior research assistant, Department of Geography, Umeå University presented his research on the topic "Forest and Living: An Analysis of the Forestry Industry".
Irina Mancheva, PhD, Department of Political Science, Umeå University presented her research on the topic "Global, national or local? Conflicts and synergies between policy goals in natural resource management".
Jenny Ingridsdotter, PhD, Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University presented her research on the topic "The Swedish Wildfires of 2018: Forests as Lived Spaces and Local Community Agency".
Janina Priebe, Associate professor
Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious studies, Umeå University
janina.priebe@umu.se, 090-786 80 74