An Urban Future for Sa?pmi?: Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic States and Russia

Presenting the political and cultural processes that occur within the indigenous Sámi people of North Europe as they undergo urbanization, this book examines how they have retained their sense of history and culture in this new setting. The book presents data and analysis on subjects such as indigenous urbanization history, urban indigenous identity issues, urban indigenous youth, and the governance of urban “spaces” for indigenous culture and community. The book is written by a team of researchers, mostly Sámi, from all the countries covered in the book.

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An Urban Future for Sa?pmi?: Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic States and Russia

Presenting the political and cultural processes that occur within the indigenous Sámi people of North Europe as they undergo urbanization, this book examines how they have retained their sense of history and culture in this new setting. The book presents data and analysis on subjects such as indigenous urbanization history, urban indigenous identity issues, urban indigenous youth, and the governance of urban “spaces” for indigenous culture and community. The book is written by a team of researchers, mostly Sámi, from all the countries covered in the book.

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An Urban Future for Sa?pmi?: Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic States and Russia

An Urban Future for Sa?pmi?: Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic States and Russia

An Urban Future for Sa?pmi?: Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic States and Russia

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Presenting the political and cultural processes that occur within the indigenous Sámi people of North Europe as they undergo urbanization, this book examines how they have retained their sense of history and culture in this new setting. The book presents data and analysis on subjects such as indigenous urbanization history, urban indigenous identity issues, urban indigenous youth, and the governance of urban “spaces” for indigenous culture and community. The book is written by a team of researchers, mostly Sámi, from all the countries covered in the book.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781800732650
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 01/14/2022
Series: Studies in the Circumpolar North , #4
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 300
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Mikkel Berg-Nordlie is a Sámi historian. He is a senior researcher at the NIBR Institute for Urban and Regional Research at the Oslo Metropolitan University (NIBR-OsloMet), and is responsible for Sámi history articles in the Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (SNL).


Astri Dankertsen is a Sámi sociologist. She is an associate professor at Nord University in Norway, and the head of the Division for Environmental Studies, International Relations, Northern Studies and Social Security.


Marte Winsvold is a Norwegian political scientist. She is a senior researcher at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface
Astri Dankertsen

Introduction: Indigenousness and Urbanization
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Astri Dankertsen, and Marthe S. Winsvold

Chapter 1. The Sámi and Sápmi: The People and the Land
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie and Anna Afanasyeva

Chapter 2. Cities in Sápmi, Sámi in the Cities. Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic Countries and Russia
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie and Anna Afanasyeva

Chapter 3. Young City Sámi in Norway and Sweden: Making Space for Urban Indigenous Identities
Astri Dankertsen

Chapter 4. Urban Indigenous Organizing and Institution-Building in Norway and Russia: By and For Whom?
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Anna Afanasyeva, and Astri Dankertsen

Chapter 5. Sámi Urbanization in the Global Currents of Indigenous Urbanization
Chris Andersen

Conclusion: An Urban Future for Sápmi?
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Astri Dankertsen, and Marte S. Winsvold

Appendix A: Toponyms in Sámi Languages and Other Languages
Appendix B: Cyrillic-Latin Transliteration System

Index

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