The new publication of the Institute Cultures of the Alps was released this week.
The Institute Cultures of the Alps hosted the fifth edition of the “Urner Gene” event series on October 29, 2024. This year, on the occasion of the Tellspiele 2024, the event focused on the folk hero from Uri and examined him from a historical, legal-philosophical and theatrical perspective.
The program «Perspektiven» discusses in its latest episode our new publication «Grenzgänge. Religion und die Alpen».
The consequences of climate change in the Swiss Alps are a recurring topic of discussion in society and the media. In her dissertation project, Zurich-based ethnologist Kiah Lian Rutz examines the disappearance of snow on a cultural, social, ecological and agricultural level.
In an interview with the NZZ, Prof. Dr. Roland Norer places Swiss wolf policy in a wider European context.
The third Institute Days of the Uri Institute Cultures of the Alps in 2024 took place from July 3 to 5.
Historian examines tourism development in Südtirol.
On Saturday, June 22, the forum "Young people leave, foreigners come: Uri and migration" was held in Göschenen with around 30 participants. Inspired by exciting and sometimes very personal migration stories, the event provided a platform for in-depth discussions about the diverse aspects of migration in Uri.
Prof. Dr. Roland Norer (University of Lucerne), Kurt Schuler (President of Korporation Uri) and Josef Walker (Cantonal Hunting Administration) will discuss the future of wolves and pasture management at a public evening event on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in the Zeughaus Parterre.
The Institute Days of the Uri Institute ‘Cultures of the Alps’ took place again from 24 to 26 April 2024. This time the theme was: Alpinism and global warming.