Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am interested in questions related to the revival of heritage languages, experiences of language, language ecology, verbal art and its relations to non-human animals and other beings, domestication, and health in Arctic an sub-Arctic regions.
Since 2008, I have been working with Veps--a Finno-Ugric minority in northwestern Russia. While my initial interest regarded the promotion of Vepsian heritage language, I later augmented my focus to verbal art and relations between human and other-than-human beings as expressed in communicative practices. In particular, I am interested in how environments are co-constructed and construed through linguistic and paralinguistic practices.
At the moment (2020), I am working on the following projects:
1. Shared Breath to deepen our understanding of how experiences of language and the environment are intertwined. This work results in a joint paper for Current Anthropology (2020);
2. The materiality of Indigenous Languages. I am currently co-editing a special issue for Multilingua (2021);
3. Language responsibility in relation to a place. For this, I have co-edited a volume for Fennica Series Anthropologica (June 2020);
4. Indigenous conceptualization of sustainability. This work has fruitfully provided a special issue for COSUST (June 2020);
In 2018, my colleague Dr. Ferguson (Univ. Nevada, Reno) and I established an EASA network on Linguistic Anthropology (ELAN) to advance further discussion on this discipline within the European context.
Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, PhD, University of Aberdeen
2009 → 2012
Anthropology, MRes, University of Aberdeen
2008 → 2009
Foreign Languages and Literatures, 'Laurea' (BA, MA equivalent), Univ Pisa, University of Pisa
1993 → 1999
Fields of Science
- 6160 Other humanities
- Indigenous studies
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
- Linguistic Anthropology
- Environmental Anthropology
- Medical anthropology
- 6121 Languages
- Vepsian
- Russian
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Promoting Heritage Language in Northwest Russia
Siragusa, L., 23 Oct 2017, New York and London: Routledge. 246 p. (Routledge Studies in Linguisitc Anthropology; vol. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Editorial Overview: Indigenous Conceptualizations of "Sustainability"
Virtanen, P. K., Siragusa, L. & Guttorm, H., Apr 2020, In : Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 43, p. A1-A2 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
Open Access
Indigenous Conceptualizations of "Sustainability"
Virtanen, P. K. (ed.), Siragusa, L. (ed.) & Guttorm, H. (ed.), May 2020, Elsevier. (Current Opinions in Environmental Sustainability)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
Introduction: toward more inclusive definitions of sustainability
Virtanen, P. K., Siragusa, L. & Guttorm, H., Apr 2020, In : Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 43, p. 77-82 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Nothing goes to waste: sustainable practices of re-use among indigenous groups in the Russian North
Siragusa, L. & Arzyutov, D., Mar 2020, In : Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 43, p. 41-48 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Projects
HUH HELSINKI HUMANITIES PROGRAMME: Indigenous Cultures and Languages
01/09/2017 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project
KONE SÄÄTIÖ: A tangible heritage: Vepsian language and non-human agencies to co-construct a northern environment
Siragusa, L. & Zhukova, O.
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research project
EASA: Linguistic Anthropology Network
Siragusa, L. & Ferguson, J.
01/11/2018 → …
Project: Other project
HU FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND: The 'Great White North'
Hoegaerts, J., Siragusa, L., Virtanen, P. K., Stadius, P., Liimatainen, T. & Peterson, E.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
HU FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND: The Materiality of Indigenous Languages: Co-Creating Landscapes
Siragusa, L., Virtanen, P. K., Lukin, K., Peemot, V., Yuzieva, K., Piludu, V., Anderson, D. G., Ferguson, J., Zhukova, O., Arukask, M. & Apurinã, F.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research project
Prizes
CASS (College of Arts and Social Sciences), Graduate School, University of Aberdeen, College office, Powis Gate, Aberdeen
Laura Siragusa (Recipient), Sep 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
CASS (College of Arts and Social Sciences), Graduate School, University of Aberdeen, College office, Powis Gate, Aberdeen
Laura Siragusa (Recipient), Sep 2008
Prize: Prizes and awards
ERC funded project Arctic Domus, University of Aberdeen
Laura Siragusa (Recipient), Jan 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
ERMOS (Estonian Research Mobility Scheme) grant financed with the support of FP7 Marie Curie COFUND the “People” Programme, University of Tartu
Laura Siragusa (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
ASA 2021
Laura Siragusa (Member of organizing committee), Jenanne Ferguson (Member of organizing committee)23 Aug 2021 → 27 Aug 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
In the event of “shared breath”: Verbal charms among Indigenous Veps in Northwest Russia
Laura Siragusa (Speaker)14 Jan 2020 → 17 Jan 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
File
Roundtable, Why should we care about linguistic diversity and multilingual ecologies?
Laura Siragusa (Speaker)11 Mar 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
EASA 2020
Laura Siragusa (Member of organizing committee), Jenanne Ferguson (Member of organizing committee)21 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Affective attunement in Vepsian verbal charms
Laura Siragusa (Speaker)21 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
University College Cork to launch Study Centre at Karbi Studies
18/01/2020
1 Media contribution
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Interview for Alaskan radio station Nordic Native News
03/02/2016
1 item of Media coverage
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Interview on my work on secrecy for Kodima
01/01/2016
1 item of Media coverage
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Presentation of my PhD dissertation at Paginklub
29/04/2013
1 item of Media coverage
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