The themes and projects are mostly presented through audio-visual documentation. Commentaries, mainly in indigenous languages, appear in translation in the subtitles. The material is also analysed and discussed from interdisciplinary angles in the accompanying texts.
The history of research draws on scientific travel accounts and later ethnographies to provide an overview of the different periods of Siberia’s exploration.
Worldviews and rituals offers insights into visions of harmonious interaction between man and nature and how appropriate behavior in this respect is communicated through ritual.
Arts and crafts presents objects of daily use, especially clothing, that are often a reflection of aesthetic and symbolic expression.
Performing arts illustrates popular genres of artistic expression among the indigenous peoples of the North, such as woodcarving, dance and song.
Traditional use of natural resources contains examples of fishing, hunting, reindeer herding and the gathering of plants. Beyond the introduction provided here, these topics are covered also in more detail on Environmental Knowledge of the North.
Arctic climate change and sustainable relations with nature is dedicated to the future conditions of life of the indigenous peoples of the North. This topic is also presented in particular detail on Environmental knowledge of the North.
Indigenous knowledge and languages are documented here largely since their preservation is one of the principal objectives of this initiative.
Digital transmission of the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of the North is designed to stimulate indigenous discourse and thus to contribute to its sustainment.
Times of political upheaval in Eastern Europe and Siberia are portrayed particularly through people's life stories.