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Elana Wilson
882 King's College
Cambridge CB2 1ST
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (7779) 241323
Fax: +44 (1223) 336549
E-mail: etw21@cam.ac.uk
URL: http://www.geocities.com/elanawilson

Elana Wilson is a Ph.D. student at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. She is currently researching political development in the circumpolar north. Specifically, she is focusing on two related topics:

• the relationship between conceptions of Inuit ethnicity, understandings of gender roles, and governmental structures in Nunavut, Canada, and
• the transfer of economic knowledge and political expertise between Canadian Inuit and Russian indigenous peoples.

Through interviews and collaborative projects with several Inuit organizations, Wilson has explored how, when, and what version of Inuit culture is incorporated into political practices in Nunavut and the political participation of women within this emerging public sphere. She has also traveled with Canadian delegations to Siberia and with Russian indigenous economic development officers in the Canadian North providing insight into how political and economic expertise is transferred between these people.

In addition to presenting academic papers at a variety of conferences, Wilson has presented public lectures to general audiences at King's College and the University of Cambridge as well as introductory presentations to undergraduate students at these institutions. She is interested in addressing all audiences and her lecture topics include:

• Arctic Homeland: The Politics of Identity and Tradition in Nunavut, Canada
• Gender, Nationalism, and Citizenship in the Canadian North
• The Canadian Approach to Land Claims

Wilson would like to participate in the AVS program so she can help disseminate Arctic research to a broader audience; she feels this is an important step towards challenging stereotypes and misconceptions about the Arctic and its peoples.