Shared university courses of AAE
University of the Arctic
University courses offered in the partner universities
Mixing online and onsite learning in collaboration and multidisciplinary settings
aimed for MA and PhD students in arts and education
Basics of New Genre Arctic Art Education (5 ECTS)
The course will introduce the terminology, theoretical and expressive foundations, as well as the potential of the new genre Arctic art strategy in the context of art’s practical and educational applications in the northern and Arctic regions.
Nomadic hub of AAE (5 ECTS)
The course will introduce the potential of the new genre Arctic art strategy in the context of art’s practical and educational applications in the northern and Arctic regions. The acquired knowledge will be applied in the planning and implementation of a field workshop.
Living in the Landscape -summer school
Art-based research course in UArctic collaboration.
Summer school as hybrid learning starting online and ending on the fieldwork week, onsite to explore and build artworks for a collective exhibition and publication.
“Online part gave theory, the workshops made it practical.”
Student
Reflection after Basis and Nomadic Hub of AAE courses 2025
Art-based tasks
- The introduction of the course and to the theory is arranged with online connections to the participating universities and includes collaboration on web-based platforms.
- Reports, reflections and documentation are shared after the fieldwork online.
- Online lectures and seminars, independent work and group work.


Theory and literature
- The students will delve into theory and applications by exploring literature in the field and studying art.
- Each student will choose works from the literature and articles provided in the course that support their own work, expression, and thinking.
Applying theory to practice
- Participation in the implementation of the field workshop as a team (Nomadic Hub of Arctic Art Education)
- The fieldwork part is arranged at a selected location on-site, collecting all together.
- Some of the planning and reflection is organised in advance, and after the field workshop, online.


Meeting online and onsite
- The student will be able to apply the methods of contemporary art education and multidisciplinary collaboration in northern and Arctic sociocultural contexts and situations.
“…interdisciplinarity is not a theoretical luxury but a practical necessity in confronting complex issues such as climate change. Pupils learned that art visualises what science explains, just as science deepens what art evokes. We learned that flexibility, collaboration and a willingness to fail publicly are prerequisites for success in unfamiliar contexts.”
Student reflection after participating in Nomadic Hub of AAE
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