Module Four: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar North
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tuula Tuisku
Kathleen Osgood
Description
Describes the peoples of the North, making distinctions between settlement patterns, migration, and assimilation of different ethnic groups.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.
Discusses three national museums in Stockholm with different but interconnected collections.
Paper from Conference Current Issues in European Cultural Studies organized by the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, 2011.
BMJ, vol. 341, no. 7783, November 27, 2010, p. 1137
Description
Author studies introduction of snowmobile concurrent to the medical interventions in an isolated Skolt Sami community which sometimes produced questionable results.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, 2010, pp. 42-58
Description
Looks at the challenges of publishing in the Sámi languages; the foundation of Sámi literature from oral tradition to written language; early Sámi authors; the Sámi Writers’ Association; and the emergence of Sámi publishing houses.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.
Acta Borealis, vol. 27, no. 1, June 2010, pp. 1-23
Description
Studies language relations by looking at the historical, ideological, and political process used in language revitalization focusing on political and legal instruments of change.
Analyzes responses from interviews conducted by Reindeer Herder's Association. Those who self-identified as ethnic Finns focused on financial capital while those who self-identified as Sami were more concerned with social, cultural and human capital.
Revised edition of article published by IWGIA in Challenging Politics: Indigenous People's Experiences with Political Parties and Elections edited by Kathrin Wessendorf.
Also published as no. 2, 2007 of the journal Gáldu Čála.
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 52-76
Description
Describes efforts to establish comparable political representation in Russia. Discusses key initiatives and their origins, effects of activists' approach and certain functions of the original institutions.
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, vol. 23, no. 5-6, Community-Based, Social and Societal Entrepreneurship, June 2011, pp. 331-352
Description
Reports results of survey conducted by the Reindeer Herder's Association with individuals from two ethnic communities. Those who identified themselves as Finns focused on matters relating to financial capital and profit. Sami herders spoke more about social, human and cultural capital.