This study we have embarked on (A Comparative Study of Social Transition in the North: Alaska and Russian Far East) poses several tough challenges. It is a multidisciplinary project, and the underlying assumptions and customary methods of inquiry of the researchers are not uniform. The aim of this brief essay is to cut through some of those challenges and complexities and describe our first step in the research process.
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The entire collection of working papers from the Social Transition in the North project is available at UAA Archives & Special Collections in the Consortium Library.
Documents
STN_Vol 1_No 1_An Essay on Social Transition and Ethnograp.pdf