Article concludes that it is important to publish failures as well as successes based on a case of conflict between environmental institutions and reindeer owners of the development of a national park.
Writing Postcolonial Histories of Intercultural Education
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Author/Creator
Jonas Jakobsen
Description
Comments on the struggle for equal and special rights for the Sami people in the Norwegian education system.
Chapter from Writing Postcolonial Histories of Intercultural Education edited by H. Niedrig and C. Ydesen.
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.
Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 10226
Description
Compares data collected from Alaska, Sweden, Norway and Greenland and concludes that Swedish respondents had less suicidal thoughts than those in the other countries.
Journal of Adolescence, vol. 34, no. 4, August 2011, pp. 759-766
Description
Study uses structural equation modeling to look at the relationship between anxiety, symptoms of depression, and family influences. Shows culture and family socialization affect symptoms in youth.
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.