Knowing from the indigenous north : Sámi approaches to history, politics and belonging /

Focusing on the Sámi 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 th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (Editor), Valkonen, Sanna (Editor), Valkonen, Jarno (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Subjects:	Sami (European people) > Ethnic identity. Sami (European people) > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Jarno Valkonen, Sanna Valkonen & Tim Ingold
On local knowledge / Jarno Valkonen & Sanna Valkonen
Evasive strategies of defiance : everyday resistance histories among the Sámi / Veli-Pekka Lehtola
Returning home : the different ontologies of the Sámi collections / Eeva-Kristiina Harlin
The paradox of autonomy / Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Belonging to Sápmi : the Sámi conceptions of home and home region / Päivi Magga & Saara Tervaniemi
Reindeer herding, snowmobile and social change : and a word on identity / Jarno Valkonen & Petri Ruuska
The North is everywhere / Tim Ingold
"I'll show you the tundra" : the Sámi as an indigenous people in the political thought of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää / Tapio Nykänen
Conceptual governance on defining indigeneity : the Sámi debate in Finland / Sanna Valkonen
The politics of belonging in the indigenous North / Michael Skey.