Tourism is one of the main pillars of the Icelandic economy. For remote and rural communities it is considered to be one of the main tools for filling the gap that a declining fisheries industry has l...
After our sociology class last September, the cohort started joking about the concept of “authenticity.” Is anything authentic? Is everything authentic? Who really knows? I mention this because, the l...
This August, I am collecting my master’s thesis data for the coastal and marine resource management program at the University Centre of the Westfjords. Working with TARI – Faroe Seaweed, a Faroese Sea...
After a year of studies in Iceland in the Coastal and Marine Management Program, I returned to Naknek, Alaska. My interest in the human dimensions of fisheries management was sparked here as my family...
Kæru, Vestfirðingar, Íslendingar, allir sem kunna á íslensku skil.
Í tengslum við sumarnámskeið okkar í íslensku, höfum við í hyggju að setja á laggirnar smá verkefni, samfélagsverkefni, sem nefnist ...
Kæru, Ísfirðingar.
Núna í ágúst eiga sér stað, líkt og raunin hefir verið í um áratug, íslenskunámskeið Háskólaseturs Vestfjarða. Svo segir mér hugur að þið séuð mörg hver meðvituð um þá staðreynd. A...
This year’s summer was kicked off with the exciting opportunity to spend a couple of days in Hornstrandir Nature Reserve and volunteer for a marine litter monitoring project, which is organized by the...
Summer in Iceland is probably my favorite time of the year; long days, midnight sun, millions of seabirds, and of course, whales! I am extremely fortunate to be able to spend this summer (June-August)...
Last fall I got the chance to come and study at the University of the Westfjords Coastal Communities program in Ísafjörður. After nearly a year of coursework I returned home to Colorado. For the last ...
“My first að smala in Ingjaldssandur bewitched me. Bettý sent me high to chase an obstinate bunch of bleating devils. I complied, while repeating the autocratic maxim: ‘I can go wherever the sheep can...
Hi everyone,
I will introduce myself, Anthony Farge, doctoral student in social psychology specializing in social representations, I come from Brittany (in France) and I am also part of the reMERci r...
One of the universal warnings for tourists coming to Iceland is “Watch out, everything is so expensive.” Which is fair, it’s an island. A lot of things have to get shipped in.
Reykjavik, though, has ...
