Seminar focus: to show modern research approaches in a cross-subject studying of cultural fields of Russia, to discuss issues of cultural landscape and cultural heritage relations of North-Eastern Siberia people, ways and perspectives of Arctic development in modern world.

Guidelines:
1. Cultural Landscape and Heritage.
2. Issues of mythologic reconstruction of the earliest stages of the Ural and Altai language families origin.
3. Oral traditions of the North- Eastern Siberia peoples as the cultural heritage.
4. Ethno-cultural tourism: theoretical and practical aspects of research.

Invited Guests:
Kalutskov, Vladimir Nikolaevitch, Doc.of Sc. (Geography), Leading Research Associate, Faculty of Geography (Lomonosov Moscow State University), Senior Research Associate (Likhatchyov Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage), Chairman of the Commtittee on Cultural Geography of the Russian Geography Society Moscow Centre (seminar moderator). Report subject: “Cultural landscape- territory of dialogue”.

Napolskikh, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, Doc. Of Sc. (History), Prof. Cultural Studies and Management Department (Institute of Social Communications, Izhevsk State University). Report subject: “Issues of Ural Urheimat and Ural-Yukaghir cognation”; “Myth of diving bird and other “bird” topics in Northern Asia: 20 years after”.

Gianni Giardino, Director of SACIM (Science Art Culture Information Multimedia) Master's Program, University Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Report subject: “ Teaching and Research of Culture and Cultural Heritage”.
Isabelle Brianso, researcher, France National Agency of Scientific Research, lecturer of SACIM Master's Program, University Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Report subject: “Cultural mediatization in museum management studies: intercultural approach in native cultural heritage research”.

Didier Ramousse, Director, Tourism and Environment Master's Program, University Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Report subject: “Master's Program: Tourism and Environment. Ways of realization at the NEFU”.

The seminar will be held at 9:00 a.m., in the Board of Academics' Convention Hall, NEFU.
The Seminar is organized by the UArctic Thematic Network “World Images of Indigenous peoples of the North”

Contact persons:
Pokatilova, Nadezhda Volodarovna, Prof. of NEFU tel.: 8 (4112) 35 23 98 / mob.: 8 924 368 7643
Zamorshikova, Lyudmila Sofronovna, Docent, NEFU tel: 8 (4112) 36 12 35 /mob.: 8 924 661 8368