Knowing From the Indigenous North - Sami Approaches to History, Politics and Belonging

Focusing on the Sápmi region of Northern Europe as a point of departure, this book enriches and sharpens the concept of 'the North'. It combines detailed empirical research on the Sámi people and their life-worlds with theoretical contributions from leading scholars. The authors consider the European North not only as a geographical site or an o

Sommario

1. Introduction 2. On local Knowledge 3. Evasive strategies of defiance – everyday resistance histories among the Sámi 4. Returning home – the different ontologies of the Sámi collections 5. The paradox of autonomy 6. Belonging to Sápmi – the Sámi conceptions of home and home region 7. Reindeer herding, snowmobiles and social change – and a word on identity 8. The North is everywhere 9. 'I’ll show you the tundra' – the Sámi as an Indigenous people in the political thought of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 10. Conceptual governance on defining indigeneity – the Sámi debate in Finland 11. The politics of belonging in the Indigenous North

Info autore

Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Sanna Valkonen is a Sámi scholar and Associate Professor of Sámi Research at the University of Lapland, Finland.

Jarno Valkonen is a Sámi scholar and Professor of Sociology at the University of Lapland, Finland.

Riassunto

Focusing on the Sápmi region of Northern Europe as a point of departure, this book enriches and sharpens the concept of ‘the North’. It combines detailed empirical research on the Sámi people and their life-worlds with theoretical contributions from leading scholars. The authors consider the European North not only as a geographical site or an o

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Valkonen Hylland Eriksen
• Con la collaborazione di: Thomas Hylland Eriksen (Editore), Jarno Valkonen (Editore), Sanna Valkonen (Editore), Valkonen Jarno (Editore), Valkonen Sanna (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367585778
• ISBN: 978-0-367-58577-8
• Pagine: 184
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Norway, Finland, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sweden, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Relating to Sami people