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# Sensory Acts

More Than Human Communication in the Circumpolar North

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## Pages

- [](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/) - Sensory Acts (SACTS) is a 5-year multi-disciplinary research project, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Regina exploring non-verbal interspecies communication. We are based in the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts, and the Department of Film in
- [Reading Group](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/reading-group/) - Reading the Landscape, Buriatia, Russia. Photo: A. Oehler © 2013 Sacts Reads SACTS monthly Reading Group is an open two-hour moderated get-together committed to working through texts from the environmental humanities and beyond, with a focus on nonverbal interspecies communication. We welcome the participation of academics, practitioners, and others interested in selected themes and texts.
- [Sites](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/fields/) - Ready to Head Out, Buriatia, Russia. Photo: A. Oehler © 2013 Where We Work Sensory Acts is a project with many dynamic connections across the Circumpolar North. Initially we had prepared field sites in three countries: Mongolia, Russia, and Canada. Following international sanctions in response to the Russian Federation's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, much of
- [Field School](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/field-school/) - Mackenzie Delta, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada. Photo: A. Oehler © 2024 In 2025, Sensory Acts offered an interdisciplinary undergraduate six-credit course field school — Sensing the Arctic (StA) — in the Canadian Arctic. This opportunity was aimed at students going into their third or fourth year of studies.
- [People](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/people/) - Herding Sheep and Goats, Mongolia. Photo: N. Fijn © 2023 Community Co-leadership Aklavik Hunters & Trappers Committee (AHTC), ISR, NWT, Canada The AHTC consists of a committee overseeing game management in the Mackenzie Delta and on the Beaufort Sea Coast. The committee is represented by the AHTC's Resource Person. The AHTC committee members co-lead this
- [Undergrad](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/undergrad/) - Bowhead whalebone, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada. Photo: A. Oehler © 2024 Here are some examples of students’ experiential learning as part of the “Anthropology of Circumpolar Peoples” course, taught at the University of Regina. The course materials benefit from field work conducted as part of the Sensory Acts project. The aim of this exercise was
- [Timeline](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/timeline/) - Awaiting Caribou, Aklavik, NT, Canada. Photo: A. Oehler © 2023 One Step at a Time The following table provides a rough overview of the project's anticipated timeline. Many regions in which we work honour non-Western approaches to time, which can mean changes to our timeline.
- [Output](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/output/) - HRI Talk Oehler, Stark, Barman, 2024.
- [Documentation](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/documentation/) - Skidoo in Aklavik, NT, Canada. Photo: A. Oehler © 2023 Building Blocks for Co-led Research It is important for community members, junior scholars, colleagues, and the general public to have access to all aspects of our research. This not only allows for transparency, it also enables others to share in our learning experience, while giving
- [Sustainability](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/sustainability/) - Post Office, Aklavik, NT, Canada. Photo: A. Oehler © 2023 Toward a Lighter Footprint In line with our effort to throw light on a better way forward together across species lines in the Anthropocene, we also seek to reduce our own CO2 output. Transportation Our biggest environmental footprint comes from global research travel. We have
- [About](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/about/) - Azimuth on a Romp, SK, Canada. Photo: P. Barman © 2023 What is SACTS? SACTS stands for "Sensory Acts" - a multi-disciplinary 5-year research project, supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Our work is based on the premise that animals, plants, and humans share an ancient history of
- [Privacy](https://www.sensoryacts.ca/privacy-policy/) - Website Privacy Policy Who we are: 'Sensory Acts: More Than Human Communication in the Circumpolar North' is a 5-year research project, led by Drs. Alex Oehler and Sarah Abbott, funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC IG 43520221046), and based at the University of Regina in Regina, SK, Canada.

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