English
norskSenter for samiske studier (Sesam): Recent submissions
Now showing items 21-40 of 78
-
The Agencies of the 'Co-Opted': Indigenous Peoples Organisations and Contestation of International Indigenous Rights Norms in Russia
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-18)The article untangles the relationship between Indigenous Peoples organisations (ipo s) and the Russian government in domestic and international political forums over the 1990s-2020s. It links two debates on co-optation and Indigenous peoples’ rights norms contestation, offering a more nuanced view of them as complex, incremental, and dynamic processes in the Russian authoritarian regime. By proceeding ... -
Inclusion as indigenisation? Sámi perspectives in teacher education
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-02)The Norwegian educational system is in the process of recognising and incorporating the rights of the Sámi as an Indigenous people. This transition will place new and challenging demands on teacher education programmes. The international goal within the field of inclusive education has been to give all children and youth equal opportunities for education, as exemplified by the UN Sustainable ... -
Undervisning om samiske temaer i skolen - betydninga av kompetanse og urfolksperspektiv for en inkluderende praksis
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-26)Skolen legger føringer for undervisning om samisk historie, språk, kultur, samfunn og rettigheter. I denne artikkelen undersøker vi erfaringer med disse temaene gjennom intervjuer med lærere fra seks ulike skoler i Norge; tre i Nord-Norge og tre på Østlandet. Lærernes praksis påvirkes av samspillet mellom blant annet læreplaner, læremidler, stedstilhørighet og perspektivering. Disse kan forstås som ... -
“I shut it out”: expectant mothers’ fear of childbirth after a traumatic birth—a phenomenological study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-19)Purpose: To describe expectant mothers’ experiences of fear of childbirth after a previous traumatic birth.<p> <p>Method: Qualitative, individual, in-depth interviews were conducted with eight expectant mothers between September and November 2020. Data were analysed using a descriptive phenomenological approach. <p>Results: We identified four interconnected constituents: Suboptimal midwifery ... -
Urfolk og nasjonale minoriteter som tema i samfunnsfag
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022)Gjennom Kunnskapsløftet 2020 (LK2020) er urfolk og nasjonale minoriteter blitt løfta som temaområde i skolen. I dette kapittelet ser vi på hvilken plass samene og de nasjonale minoritetene har i overordna del og i samfunnsfaglæreplanen, og diskuterer hva dette har å si for undervisninga i samfunnsfag. Kapittelet har to hoveddeler. For det første undersøker vi læreplanen ut fra hva den sier om ... -
Learning to aspire, aspiring to subvert: Namibian San youths' narratives about the future as mimetic work of resistance
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-06)This article examines Namibian San youths’ aspirations about the future. Based on 170 essays, the analysis shows that disadvantaged San students aspire for future lives radically different from the lives of their families. We argue that San students have acquired the repertoire of “the good Namibian citizen” as a form of resistance through mimesis. These assertions create an opening for the projection ... -
Cryptic impact: Visual detection of corona light and avoidance of power lines by reindeer
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-06)Assessing the impact of human development on animals is complicated by the fact that overt effects may have covert causes. Cryptic impacts (sensu Raiter et al. 2014) can arise where sensory stimuli to which species respond fall outside the human sensory range. Ultraviolet (UV) light, which is detected by a range of nonprimate mammals, is a potential example. We review evidence that dark-adapted eyes ... -
Improving dialogue among researchers, local and indigenous peoples and decision-makers to address issues of climate change in the North
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-12)The Circumpolar North has been changing rapidly within the last decades, and the socioeconomic systems of the Eurasian Arctic and Siberia in particular have displayed the most dramatic changes. Here, anthropogenic drivers of environmental change such as migration and industrialization are added to climateinduced changes in the natural environment such as permafrost thawing and increased frequency ... -
Indigenizing Education: Historical Perspectives and Present Challenges in Sámi Education
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021)This chapter discusses the most important issues of educational eras in different phases conducted by the Lutheran Church and four current national states where Sámi people live: Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. The early phases are described by the civilization process conducted by the Church between the 1600s and the 1850s and nationalism between the 1850s and the 1950s by the national states. ... -
The state as a whiteman, the whiteman as a |'hun: Personhood, recognition, and the politics of knowability in the Kalahari
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-24)The Ju|’hoansi of east central Namibia sometimes refer to the state as a whiteman and to the whiteman as a /’hun (steenbok). In this article, I contextualize these naming practices by tracing the history of colonial encounters on the fringes of the Western Kalahari through a small-scale animist perspective. I then discuss what this means for the concept of ‘recognition’, which I treat as a two-way ... -
Integrating Traditional Medicine and Healing into the Ghanaian Mainstream Health System: Voices From Within
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-13)In this study, I employed interpretive ethnographic qualitative design to explore perceptions of and proposals from traditional healers, biomedical practitioners, and health care consumers regarding integrating traditional medicine and healing in Ghana. Data were gathered through focus groups, in-depth individual interviews, and qualitative questionnaires and analyzed thematically. The results ... -
Introduction
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2021-05-03) -
Epilogue
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2021-05-03) -
Contemporary Indigenous Research within Sámi and Global Indigenous Studies Contexts
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2021-05-03)This chapter addresses the genealogy of Indigenous studies, and how it is conceptualized and practised in the Sámi context. It discusses the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges and Indigenous ways of doing research in academia, as well as the role of Indigenous research methodologies in this effort. We link our chapter to larger academic Indigenous discussions on the concepts of ‘knowledge’, ... -
Towards decentralized anthropological scholarship: Some ethical considerations
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-01)This article outlines the future of decentralized blockchain scholarship and some ethical questions we must consider in its wake. What is the role of research participants in a decentralized publishing ecosystem? And how do we move towards more just values and practices in intellectual creation and dissemination? -
Fuelling toxic relations: Oil sands and settler colonialism in Canada
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-01)How does the often-invisible nature of pollution affect people's physical health and psychosocial relations, and their well-being near major industrial projects? Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Northern Alberta, Canada, this article explores this question by focusing on oil sands extraction on Cree, Dené and Métis nations' homelands with its environmental and socio-cultural consequences. ... -
Finnmarkslandskap i endring - Omgivelsenes tillit til FeFo som forvalter, eier og næringsaktør
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2015-01-30)Rapporten presenterer og analyserer tre undersøkelser som til sammen gir et bilde av omgivelsenes tillit til Finnmarkseiendommen (FeFo) som forvalter, eier og næringsaktør. Undersøkelsene er foretatt blant befolkningen i Finnmark, blant FeFo's næringslivskunder og blant aktive naturbrukere. Analysene viser at det blant befolkningen er en generell lav oppslutning om FeFo som institusjon (lav diffus ... -
Perpetuating the myth of the "wild Bushman": Inclusive multicultural education for the Omaheke Ju|'hoansi in Namibia
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-24)Namibia has adopted an inclusive education policy with emphasis on cultural and linguistic diversity. The policy encourages educators to adapt the curriculum and include content that reflects the cultural background of their learners. Despite these positive provisions, severely marginalized groups, such as the Omaheke Ju|’hoansi, continue to underperform and drop out of school at greater rates than ... -
The Nordic Sámediggis and the Limits of Indigenous Self-Determination
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2016)<p>From an international perspective, the popularly elected <i>Sámediggis</i> (Sámi Parliaments), established more than two decades ago in the Nordic countries of Finland, Norway and Sweden, represent unique institutional arrangements to enhance and safeguard indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination. In this article the authors compare the legal basis, status, authority and mandate of the ... -
The shrinking resource base of pastoralism: Saami reindeer husbandry in a climate of change
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-10)The productive performance of large ungulates in extensive pastoral grazing systems is modulated simultaneously by the effects of climate change and human intervention independent of climate change. The latter includes the expansion of private, civil and military activity and infrastructure and the erosion of land rights. We used Saami reindeer husbandry in Norway as a model in which to examine ...
