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Human BridgesFebruary 20-March 1
Recognizing the importance of furthering expertise in prehistoric heritage interpretation, Nordic Winter Camp offers a truly immersive opportunity for advanced ancient skills practitioners, reenactors and anybody involved in prehistoric heritage interpretation, to take their involvement to a new level.
As a dedicated group of prehistory enthusiasts, we will set up a winter base camp in a traditional Sami earth lodge, in the remote boreal landscape of southern Lapland. In this unique setup, we will be living in a purely prehistoric way (no modern gear, metal, plastic or sanitary products etc.)
For ten days, we are experiencing many aspects of prehistoric mid-winter living, based on archaeological data and traditional nordic crafts and life skills.
This immersive format requires, wearing prehistoric clothes, working with authentic tools, eating unprocessed foods free of grains, sugar, alcohol or coffee. There will be no modern showers or sanitary facilities available. We will be practicing ancient crafts, share knowledge and skills, process reindeer meat, go ice fishing and as a final highlight, take a multi-day trek on foot through the snowy Jämtland mountains. We will be travelling with snow shoes, wooden skis and sleds, camping and sleeping in the open under the stars.Human BridgesMarch 1-March 6
The GRC conference The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors, focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms, neural circuits and neuronal computations that support social behaviors and social interactions. As we have been cruelly reminded during the pandemic, social interactions are an essential part of our lives. However, we still know very little of the underlying neuronal processes that support social behaviors. In addition, patients suffering from psychiatric diseases often experience impaired social cognition and have difficulties forming and maintaining social relationships. Importantly, several of these diseases are also worsened by social conditions such as isolation or bullying, and cases of mental illnesses involving social deficits are reported to be increasing each year.
Because social interactions are essential for the survival of most animal species, understanding the biological and circuit mechanisms underlying these behaviors is critical for understanding how social cognition in humans may be impacted by disease.
