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Research interests
Roza Laptander is a member of the Anthropology Research Group and the Global Change Research Group. She works in different join projects at the Arctic Centre. Her research interests are based on sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, documentating the Nenets language and spoken history of the Western Siberian Nenets. In her work she describes the Nenets memories about the past and their present life in the Yamal tundra.
Field of science
- Sociology
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Finished
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CHARTER: Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Bioversity
Forbes, B. C. (Principal Investigator), Landauer, M. (Collaborative Investigator), Rasmus, S. (Collaborative Investigator), Laptander, R. (Collaborative Investigator), Burgess, P. (Other), Leppänen, L. (Collaborative Investigator), Komu, T. (Collaborative Investigator), Sarkki, S. (Collaborative Investigator), Stark, S. (Collaborative Investigator) & Wallén, H. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.08.2020 → 31.01.2025
Project: Co-funded project
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AROSS: Rain on Snow and Extreme precipitation
Forbes, B. C. (Principal Investigator), Laptander, R. (Collaborative Investigator) & Rasmus, S. (Collaborative Investigator)
15.09.2019 → 31.08.2025
Project: Co-funded project
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HUMANOR: Social-Ecological Transformations: Human-Animal Relations Under Climate Change in Northern Eurasia
Forbes, B. C. (Principal Investigator), Kuoppamaa, M. (Collaborative Investigator), Laptander, R. (Collaborative Investigator) & Messhtyb, N. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.01.2015 → 31.12.2018
Project: Co-funded project
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Diversity of attitudes towards the Nenets sacred objects in Western and Siberian museums
Laptander, R., 14 May 2026, Indigenous Heritage in Siberia: The Power of Objects. Mamontova, N. & Oparin, D. (eds.). 1st ed. United Kingdom: BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, p. 223-235 12 p. (Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion ).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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The Nenets’ sacred places: the life story of the Singing Mountain Yangania Pe
Laptander, R., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Sacred Places in the Arctic and Beyond: Cultural and Existential Transitions. Joy, F., Dillon, P. & Bunikowski, D. (eds.). Routledge, (Arctic Worlds).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Our Language is Built to Live with Snow: Climate, culture, and vocabulary of the Nenets tundra
Laptander, R., 2025, What Once Was Snow: Stories of Change, Adaptation, and Resilience. Brook, M., Burgess, P., Druckenmiller, M., Serreze, M., Sheffield, B. & Wang, I. V. (eds.). Boulder: National Snow and Ice Data Center, p. 68-77 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
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Sit Quietly and be Silent: Modern Rules of Nenets Communicationand the Importance of Fear and Silence in their daily communication
Laptander, R., 1 Aug 2025, N'yng-Dyuumgu, N'yng- Ngafq - Festschrift for Ekaterina Gruzdeva, Studia orientalia. Helsinki, Vol. 126. p. 411-422. 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Critical seasonal conditions in the reindeer-herding year: A synopsis of factors and events in Fennoscandia and northwestern Russia
Laptander, R., Horstkotte, T., Habeck, J. O., Rasmus, S., Komu, T., Matthes, H., Tømmervik, H., Istomin, K., Eronen, J. T. & Forbes, B. C., Mar 2024, In: Polar Science. 39, March 2024, 101016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile15 Citations (Scopus)84 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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The Kindred Peoples’ Programme’s Ethnic Science Award
Laptander, R. (Recipient), 17 Oct 2022
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Victoria Petrasheva Award
Laptander, R. (Recipient), 16 Jun 2021
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work