Future activities (preliminary).

  • 2021: local workshop (WP7), Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, Nordland
  • 2021: PARKAS’ midway seminar (postponed due to pandemic) – expected at the end of May / beginning of June 2021.

Seminars, conferences, workshops, meetings…

2021

  • 28 January 2021 – PARKAS’s local workshop, part 1 (WP4 and WP5): «Cultural and environmental policy: how to preserve our local values for the future?» Hardangervidda National Park (‘kulturkveld’ hosted by Nore and Uvdal Bygdetunet and municipality).
  • 25 February 2021 – PARKAS’s local workshop, part 1 (WP6 and WP8): «Cultural and environmental policy: how to preserve our local values for the future?» Hardangervidda National Park (‘kulturkveld’ hosted by Nore and Uvdal Bygdetunet and municipality).

2020

  • 9 January 2020 – Meeting in Saltdal about the Cultural Heritage Plan work in Saltdal municipality. Participant: Camilla Risvoll. The meeting was to communicate to all interested parties about the planning work, and to inform about opportunities for consultation (deadline 21.01.2020).
  • 30 January 2020 – Seminar ‘Facilitation and use of cultural monuments in vulnerable areas’, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s project ‘Kongevegen over Dovrefjell’. Lecture by Véronique K. Simon: «Hvordan legge til rette for en bærekraftig bruk av en historisk vandringsvei i sårbare områder? KULTURARVPERSPEKTIV» [«How to facilitate a sustainable use of a historic hiking trail in vulnerable areas? Cultural heritage perspective»].
  • 15 February 2020 – Meeting ‘Norsk Seterkultur’, in Lillehammer. Lecture by Bolette Bele: «Biologisk og immateriell kulturarv i seterlandskapet» [«Biological and intangible cultural heritage in the pastoral landscape»].

2019

  • 5 March 2019 – Conference Cultural HeritageBuskerud2019, Drammen. Participation by Véronique K. Simon (networking).
  • 27-28 March 2019 – Conference People and networks matter, Karlstad. Keynote Bjørn Egil Flø: «Multiple land-use – cooperation and conflict».
  • 4 April 2019 – PARKAS’ meeting with Buskerud County Council, Oslo. Véronique K. Simon, Knut Fageraas & Anne Cathrine Flyen.
  • 26 April 2019 – PARKAS’ workshop with Nore og Uvdal municipality, Rødberg. Lecture from Véronique K. Simon: «Bygge tillit til nasjonalparkforvaltning» [Building trust in national park management].
  • 14 August 2019 – Arendalsuka  main program ‘By og land mann mot mann’, Arendal. Lecture from Bjørn-Egil Flø: «Kjensla av ran. Oppspel til debatt» [Sensation of robbery. Suggestion of debate].
  • 13 September 2019 – Kåseri for Teaterfestivalen i Fjaler, Politisk pub, Dale. Lecture from Bjørn Egil Flø: «Om kjensler og ran» [About a sensation of robbery].
  • 18 September 2019 – Teaching: IKOS Master studenter, Oslo University, Oslo. Speaker Véronique K. Simon: 1) «MILJØFORSK-forskerprosjekt «PARKAS» 2018-2021» [MILJØFORSK research project «PARKAS» 2018-2021]; 2) «Kulturarv og kulturminner i landskap og naturvernområder. Om natur-kultur samspill og formidling av materiell og immateriell kulturarv i landskapet» [Cultural heritage in protected areas. About the nature-culture interaction]; 3) «Kommunikasjon: medvirkningsprosesser og demokrati» [Communication: participation processes and democracy].
  • 25-27 September 2019 – Byggnadsvårdens konvent (nordisk konferanse), Mariestad. Lecture from Anne Cathrine Flyen: «Konsekvenserna av klimatförändringar för kulturarv på Svalbard» [The consequences of climate change for Svalbard’s cultural heritage].
  • 14-18 October 2019 – PARKAS’ study trip to France («International comparative cases: other experiences from government practice in Europe»).
  • 20-21 November 2019 – Conference: Nasjonalparkkonferanse ‘Velkommen inn’, Nordland nasjonalparksenter, Storjord i Saltdal. Participants: Camilla Risvoll and Aase Kristine Lundberg. Lecture by Camilla Risvoll: «Kan vi prate om “urørt villmark”?» [«Can we talk about“ untouched wilderness ”?»]. The conference was organized by Midtre Nordland National Park Board and Nordland National Park Center.
  • 22 November 2019 – PARKAS’ meeting with Buskerud County Council, Oslo. Nils Aage Hafsal.
  • 11 December 2019 – Full-day meeting between Midtre Nordland National Park Board, members of advisory committee, members of administrative contact committee and three national park managers, at Rognan in Saltdal municipality. Participants: Aase Kristine Lundberg and Camilla Risvoll. Lecture by Aase Kristine Lundberg: «Medvirkning, kunnskap og tillit i forvaltningen av natur- og kulturverdier» [«Participation, knowledge and trust in the management of natural and cultural values»].

2018

  • 2 March 2018 – PARKAS’ Kick-off seminar (present were research group NIKU, NIBIO, NIVA, Nordlandsforskning).
  • 5 April 2018 – ACHS Norway, Oslo.
  • 24-25 April 2018 – Joint meeting for Administration at Vidda, Finland. Presentation by Véronique K. Simon & Torgrim S. Guttormsen: «Building trust to environmental policy as a catalyst for a green transition – PARKAS».
  • August 7, 2018 – NRK Radio. Rural sociologist Bjørn Egil Flø about his family farm and his own gloomy view of agricultural policy.
  • 5-6 September 2018 – Heiplanssamling 2018, Åseral. Lecture from Bjørn Egil Flø: «About villagers, reindeer and protection».
  • 11 September 2018 – PARKAS’ meeting with Nore og Uvdal municipality, Oslo.
  • 14-15 September 2018 – Langfjellaseminar. Participation from Frode Sundnes.
  • 18 September 2018 – MILJØFORSK meeting. Presentation by Knut Fageraas & Bjørn Egil Flø: «MILJØFORSK research project – PARKAS».
  • 6-8 November 2018 – PARKAS’ Geilo seminar 2018 «Integration of cultural heritage in the management of national parks», Geilo (present were the partner institutions NIKU, NIVA, NIBIO, Nordlandsforskning, the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Norwegian Trekking Association, the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Center, the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate, Nore and Uvdal municipality, and our partners from research and management organizations in France, Great Britain and the Netherlands.
  • 26-28 November 2018 – ECHOPOLIS 2018 «Nature and culture-based strategies and solutions for cities and territories: an idea whose time has come!», Athens. Presentation by Torgrim S. Guttormsen, Knut Fageraas, Véronique K. Simon: «Historiographical lenses to the History of National Parks: ideas of past, present and future heritage management».

Fieldwork, interviews.

  • October 2018 (WP3): Interviews with the management authorities, Hardangervidda.
  • January-February 2019 (WP3 og WP7): Interviews with the management authorities, Nordland.
  • Spring 2019 (WP3): Interviews with the management authorities (continuation), Hardangervidda.
  • August 2019 (WP4, WP5 og WP6): fieldwork and interviews with the local actors and local representants, Hardangervidda (Nore og Uvdal municipality).
  • July 2020 (WP4): fieldwork (‘walking interview’ with local informants, botanical surveys and landscape analyses), Hardangervidda (Nore og Uvdal municipality).
  • Summer/fall 2020 (WP6): map work with local informants, Hardangervidda.
  • Autumn 2020 (WP6): test of digital equipment with the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency in Hardangervidda National Park.
  • Winter 2020 (WP8): interviews with reference group members (Norwegian Trekking Association).
  • December 2020 to April 2021 (WP4): online and phone conversations with informants in Nore and Uvdal municipality (Hardangervidda).