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- Arai, Kaori, et al.
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Subjectivity of the Ainu People Described in the Book ‘Nibutani’, Edited by Kaizawa Tadashi : A New Discovery and Approach to Ainu Research
- 2014
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Ingår i: Re: Mindings. - Uppsala : The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 17-25
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ainu studies still lack an inside perspective from the Ainu themselves though the importance of such perspective has been recognized for a deeper understanding of the Ainu by a few Ainu and Wajin [ethnic Japanese] postmodern scholar. To begin with, Ainu “self telling history” have been considered by researchers of Ainu studies to be “non-existent.” In other words, it can be said that the very act of dealing with modern history in relation to the Ainu by those materials was under a taboo for both the Ainu and the Wajin.This article demonstrates that a history book of the Nibutani Community entitled “Nibutani” edited by Kaizawa Tadashi in cooperation with local residents is a rare ex- ample of modern Ainu history compiled by the Ainu themselves. The book covers all the details of each family with family trees though the Ainu hardly confessed them- selves as Ainu under severe discrimination at the time. Further most of its lifestories were collected through the interviewing of those families by Kaizawa himself. As far as the contents are concerned, some stories are related to the Ainu, whereas others are seemingly related to their personal life. Thus the book presented a variety of stories that represent the then lives of the local residents in the Nibutani Community.At the moment when ‘Nibutani’ was published the Ainu did not voluntari- ly talk about their own history, and neither were expected to do so. ‘Nibutani’, which was completed by Kaizawa, connected the individually divided histories to each other, and made clear the relationships between the individuals and the community. As a result, the local residents in the Nibutani Community have ap- preciated this book for highlighting their own perspectives on their local history.
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- Gärdebo, Johan, 1986-
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Environing Technology : Swedish Satellite Remote Sensing in the Making of Environment 1969–2001
- 2019
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The state-owned Swedish Space Corporation established a satellite remote sensing infrastructure and defined uses for the technology both within and beyond Sweden during the latter part of the twentieth century. This thesis studies Swedish satellite remote sensing as an environing technology – a technology that environs, that produces environments and our perceptions of the environment. This perspective is important in historicising Sweden’s role in developing a technology that now is used both to manage environments on a global scale and to provide an understanding of what the environment is. It is also important to understand these environing activities as motivated by and related to other aims, for example Swedish non-alignment, development aid, and the export of expertise to new markets. I ask two questions. Firstly, how did Swedish satellite remote sensing activities contribute to the making of environment? Secondly, why did the Swedish satellite remote sensing experts conduct these activities?Studying environing technologies requires combining the theoretical understandings of history of technology and environmental history and treats technology and environment as outcomes of environing activities. Methodologically, the thesis studies written and oral sources to find activities related to satellite remote sensing that take part in sensing, writing about, or shaping environments. From these activities, new understandings of technology and environment emerge over time.The thesis is structured around five empirical chapters: 1) the institutionalisation of remote sensing as part of environmental diplomacy in Sweden, 1969–1978; 2) the establishment and expansion of a French-Swedish remote sensing infrastructure, showcased by sensing the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986; 3) the export of Swedish technoscientific expertise as a form of development aid, 1983–1994; 4) the promotion of satellites as a tool for sustainable development, 1987–1993; and 5) the establishment of an environmental data centre to monitor the European environment as part of managing the expansion of the European Union, 1991–1999.Swedish satellite remote sensing experts contributed to numerous international demonstrations that emphasised the technology as a tool for sustainable development of environments on a global scale. These activities beyond Sweden, often through transnational collaborations, were undertaken to establish satellite remote sensing within Sweden. The lack of a long-term strategy for the Swedish government’s space activities forced the technoscientific experts to find ad hoc uses for their technology, of which environmental applications were the most significant.
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- Svalastog, Anna Lydia, 1966-, et al.
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On Teachers’ Education in Sweden, School Curriculums, and the Sámi People
- 2014
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Ingår i: Re: Mindings. - Uppsala : The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 153-171
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article discusses the intersection of Teachers’ Education and the Swedish society with regards to Sámi religion, history and culture. It aims at a renewed understanding of present premises for construction of curriculums in courses on Sámi history, culture and religion. An important back drop is the Swedish State’s regulation of Teachers Education, their inclusion of indigenous peoples’ inte- rests, and the general demand for research based and reflexive academic teaching. I argue that Teachers’ Education and Swedish bookstores present research based knowledge on the Sámi People’s religion, history and culture in a weak and accidental manner. For a better understanding, I discuss Anthony Giddens’ description of society as regionalized into “back stage” and “front stage” regions structured by different rules – back stage rules being loosely structured and characterized by feelings, subjectivity and bodily activities, while front stage rules are strictly disciplined, and not characterized by personal feelings or bodily excursion. Universities and Colleges fit front stage characteristics, though Teachers’ Education, as well as Swedish bookstores, seems to be structured by back stage rules when it comes to the Sámi People. Giddens emphasizes how social encounters between people contribute to the construction of social institutions and their organization. As such, the loose link between research based teaching and Teachers Education regarding the Sámi people, generates societal consequences. If reflexivity is a major feature of present academic life, we should expect universities to change present premises for research based new curriculums regarding Sámi history, culture and religion. The argument forwarded in this article is thus that, first of all, this situation needs to be made visible. The blind spot has to be identified and targeted. Qualified and reflexive knowledge and competence in Sámi religion, history and culture need to be integrated within all disciplines of academic education. Secondly, I argue that there is an urgent need for the (re-)establishment of the discipline of Native Studies – Indigenous Studies headed and fronted by Sámi scholars – which would have the responsibility of developing and renewing research-based curriculums on Sámi culture, history and religion. To be able to reach the full extent and depth of Sámi religion, culture and history, this discipline needs to be directed by Sámi scholars.
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- TallBear, Kim, 1968-, et al.
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Indigenous Bioscientists Constitute Knowledge across Cultures of Expertise and Tradition : An Indigenous Standpoint Research Project
- 2014
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Ingår i: Re:Mindings. - Uppsala : The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 173-191
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This talk explains my recent Indigenous Science Studies research project – an ethnography of Indigenous bioscientists in the U.S. – as it is informed by two key Feminist Science Studies frames, “feminist objectivity” and “feminist standpoint theory.” Most often, anthropological projects focused on Native Americans derive from outside the Native American community and often turn Native American social and cultural practices into anthropological curiosities and sites of difference from the non-Indigenous observer.However, from my longstanding location within U.S. Native American social, cultural, educational, and professional circles, this Indigenous standpoint project examines cultural and social conditions that lead U.S. Native Americans to work as bioscientific researchers. The Indigenous standpoint in this research is not mainly concerned with assessing Native American social or cultural difference from the mainstream. Rather, this research investigates how Indigenous participation in bioscience can help make Western bioscience more multi-cultural and democratic, while also serving Native American community capacity-building and self-governance.This talk also advocates that Indigenous Studies scholars pay greater attention to the role of science and technology as they seek to do research that supports Indigenous sovereignty. Both Nation States and Indigenous Nations increasingly govern through science. However, in its U.S. formation, Indigenous Studies is more focused in humanities fields. It engages too little with the physical and bio- logical sciences and with technology fields. If Indigenous Studies scholars ignore the role of technoscience in both limiting and facilitating Indigenous sovereignty, they limit their relevance for Indigenous communities.
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- Öhman, May-Britt, 1966-, et al.
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Preface
- 2014
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Ingår i: RE: Mindings<em> </em>. - Uppsala : Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 9-16
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