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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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In: Re: Mindings. - Uppsala : The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 153-171
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)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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- 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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In: Re: Mindings. - Uppsala : The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 17-25
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)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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- Mikaelsson, Stefan, 1957-, et al.
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Winds of Change : The Role and Potential of Sámi Parliamentarians
- 2014
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In: Re: Mindings. - Uppsala : Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 79-87
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This chapter is based on a presentation by Stefan Mikaelsson held at RE-Mindings symposium, October 2012, his opening speech for the Sámi Plenary 62nd session in Vualtjere/Vilhelmina, Sweden, February 19, 2013, and his presentation for the panel “Decolonizing Sápmi: archeology, food security and struggles against mi- ning and militarization” at the annual meeting of NAISA, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 13- 15, 2013. In this article Mikaelsson speaks of the threats against lands and waters, culture and food security, and ultimately the survival and continuance of the Sámi People. He speaks of the complex situation and monetary economy that makes it difficult to respond to these threats and challenges, and that the never-ending negotiations with the Swedish government and the Swedish membership within the European Union are ultimately undermining Sámi culture. Mikaelsson argues for a need for responding against threats and challenges through a collaboration within the Sámi Parliament and between Sámi people in general. The chapter has been developed in close collaboration with May-Britt Öhman.
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Re: Mindings : Co-Constituting Indigenous, Academic, Artistic Knowledges
- 2014
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- RE: Mindings brings together indigenous scholars, artists and activists, and indigenous allies to speak of whose positions, contexts and experiences it is that inform the construction of knowledges, histories and sciences. In short, whose experience counts? The purpose of RE:Mindings is to encourage its authors and readers to investigate what it means to resist exploitation of humans, non-humans and nature within the frames of modern nation states. Examples are provided from communities within or across the borders of existing nation states: Sámi and Saepmie/Sábme/Sápmi in Fenno-Scandinavia; Aboriginal-Martu in Australia; Ainu people in Japan, Dakota-Native Americans in USA and Mapuche in Chile. This publication originates from the supradisciplinary symposium RE: Mindings; Co-Constituting Indigenous/Academic/Artistic Knowledges and Understandings of Land-, Water-, Body-, and Lab-scapes, held at Uppsala University, 10-12 October 2012.The RE:Mindings publication has been funded through research projects financed by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and Formas - the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning.
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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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In: Re:Mindings. - Uppsala : The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University. - 9789186531102 ; , s. 173-191
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)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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- Zachrisson, Inger, 1936-, et al.
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Samer i syd i gången tid - till Uppland och Oslotrakten i söder : Ny forskning från Norge och Sverige
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In: Uppsala mitt i Sápmi. - Uppsala : Centrum för biologisk mångfald, CBM. - 9789189232679 ; , s. 8-12
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- "Samernas långa historia i norra Skandinavien har aldrig ifrågasatts. Att den ifrågasätts i mellersta Skandinavien beror delvis på tolkningssvårigheter, mycket på grund av den starka påverkan från nordisk kultur som präglat området, i ökande grad från tiden efter Kr.f. Samisk kultur här kallas ofta ”fångstkultur”, vilket innebär ett slags osynliggörande. Mot nordisk-bofast ställs utifrån detta perspektiv samisk-nomadisk. Genom arkeologiska undersökningar på 1980-talet vid ett samiskt gravfält från 1000–1100-tal på Vivallen i Härjedalen kunde en boplats med typiskt samiska härdar, daterade till ca 800- och 1200-tal, jämte en avfallshög från1000-talet, lokaliseras. Utifrån detta lade det svensknorska ”Sörsamiska projektet” fram en tvåkultursyn samiskt–nordiskt för Mellanskandinavien, till Hedmark och Dalarna i söder. Den har av vissa kritiserats som alltför ”svart-vit”. Den har dock under senare år framhållits av en rad arkeologer för södra Norge, om än medett något modernare synsätt. Jag skall här bara ta upp några arbeten, som specifikt berör sydsamisk järnålder och tidig medeltid, ur den rika floran av arbeten om samisk arkeologi från norsk sida." Inger Zachrisson, fil. dr och docent i nordisk arkeologi, f.d. förste antikvarie vid Statens historiska museum, Stockholm. Hon har sedan 1970 arbetat med samisk arkeologi och historia från järnåldern och framåt och relationerna mellan samisk och nordisk kultur i äldre tid. Hon initierade och genomförde det Sörsamiska projektet, ett svensknorskt arkeologisk-osteologiskt forskningsprojekt, med bland annat utgrävningar av samiskafornlämningar i Härjedalen. Det resulterade bl.a.i den tvärvetenskapliga publikationen Möten i gränsland (Zachrisson et al., 1997).
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- Öhman, May-Britt, 1966-
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Being May-Britt Öhman : Or, Reflections on my own Colonized Mind Regarding Hydropower Constructions in Sápmi
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In: Travelling thoughtfulness. - Umeå : Umeå University Department of Informatics. - 9789174590944 ; , s. 269-292
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Confronted by new knowledge of her own past, her own family history and a Sámi heritage, the author in this essay navigates on a familiar but now suddenly at the same time unknown Lule River, through familiar land- and waterscapes, now altering before her eyes. The essay is a postcolonial feminist search for the past, attempting at translating it to the present, and pondering on who the author, with this new knowledge, her self actually is. Or want to be. It is a reflection over what parts of her past that has been hidden to her, why it was concealed, and what those acts, by other people – contributing to hiding her past - means to her, today, for her academic research on large scale hydropower exploitations in Sápmi, Sweden.
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