Urban Future for Sapmi? - Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic States and Russia

Presenting the political and cultural processes that occur within the indigenous Sámi people of North Europe as they undergo urbanization, this book examines how they have retained their sense of history and culture in this new setting. The book presents data and analysis on subjects such as indigenous urbanization history, urban indigenous identity issues, urban indigenous youth, and the governance of urban "spaces" for indigenous culture and community. The book is written by a team of researchers, mostly Sámi, from all the countries covered in the book.

About the author

Mikkel Berg-Nordlie is a Sámi historian. He is a senior researcher at the NIBR Institute for Urban and Regional Research at the Oslo Metropolitan University (NIBR-OsloMet), and is responsible for Sámi history articles in the Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (SNL).

Astri Dankertsen is a Sámi sociologist. She is an associate professor at Nord University in Norway, and the head of the Division for Environmental Studies, International Relations, Northern Studies and Social Security.

Marte Winsvold is a Norwegian political scientist. She is a senior researcher at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo.

Product details

• Authors: Mikkel Dankertsen Berg-Nordlie
• Assisted by: Mikkel Berg-Nordlie (Editor), Berg-Nordlie Mikkel (Editor), Astri Dankertsen (Editor), Marte Winsvold (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781800732643
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-264-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Studies in the Circumpolar North; Studies in the Circumpolar Nor
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Urban & municipal planning, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Arctic regions, Relating to Sami people, Anthropology (General); Urban Studies; Sociology