About | Arctic Voices

Natascha Cerny Ehtesham

Natascha Cerny Ehtesham has a background in civilian peacebuilding and human rights and works as Assistant Director at the MCCA.

Martha Cerny

Martha Cerny is a Canadian-Swiss curator, co-founder, and director of the Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA).

Ciné Liminal

ciné liminal is a collectively curated documentary film program run by students, anthropologists, film enthusiasts and filmmakers.

Alexandra Baumann

Alexandra Baumann is head of the Prosperity and Sustainability Division at the FDFA and Swiss ambassador to the Arctic Council

Elle Rávdná Näkkäläjärvi

Vorsitzende des Jugendausschusses des Sámi-Parlaments in Norwegen

Nimal Bourloud

Nimal Bourloud is a Curator, Filmmaker and Visual Anthropologist from Bern.

Kati Eriksen

Kati Eriksen is a dedicated Sámi activist, producer, and developer with extensive experience in various Sámi organizations and projects since 1996.

Andrea Bordoli

Andrea Bordoli is a Visual Anthropologist and Filmmaker based in Ticino and Bern.

Cyrill Hermann

Cyrill Hermann is a Climate Strike Activist from Switzerland.

Lars Anders Baer

Saami Politician and member of the Sámiráđđi / Saami Council

Alisi Telengut

Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian roots, living between Berlin, Germany and Tiohtià:ke/ Montréal, Canada.

Tabea Willi

Programmleiterin Arktis bei der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker

Mike Metatawabin

Mike Metatawabin is a member of Fort Albany First Nation in Treaty 9 territory. He is a Survivor of the notorious St. Anne’s Indian Residential School, which was located in his home community.

Lea Hagmann

Dr. Lea Hagmann ist Filmemacherin und Musikethnologin an der Universität Bern.

Marja Mortensson

Marja Mortensson is one of the world’s foremost performers of traditional South and Ume Saami yoiks.

Berit Alette Mienna & Øistein Hanssen

Berit Alette Mienna is a Joik teacher and artist from Jergul in Finnmark (Norway). Øistein Hanssen from Nordkjosbotn (Norway) has immersed himself in the sounds of natural flutes and has researched traditional Sámi and Kven music in music archives.

Beaska Niillas

Beaska Niillas from Deatnu in the Norwegian part of Sápmi, is among other things a father of two, Sámi duojár (Sámi storyteller and knowledge-holder), hunter, gatherer, land guardian and politician.

Lewis Cardinal

Lewis Cardinal is a Woodland Cree communicator and educator from the Sucker Creek Cree First Nation in Treaty No. 8, Alberta, Canada. He has dedicated his life to fostering cross-cultural connections through public service.

Jo Morten Kåven

Jo Morten Kåven, from Karasjok, Norway, is a Sámi encaustic artist, singer/joiker, and original member of the Sámi band Rolffa.