Identities, Ethnicities and Borderzones. Examples from Finnmark, Northern Norway

Olsen, Kjell

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“…It was about expressing the Sami as different from Norwegian culture. Sami language, clothing and reindeer herding differed most, but few, if any, of these expressions were present in contemporary coastal Sami society (Olsen 2010). These symbolic expressions fit non-Sami's descriptions of a Sami who could rightfully claim special measures.…”

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“…This study shows the locals' problem in distinguishing between people's ethnic affiliation. As a result of today's more hybrid and dynamic ethnic belonging, the Sami identity may be more fragile (Olsen 2010). Some participants were barely aware of any ethnic differences related to the Sami in their municipality.…”

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“…The results show distrust understood as what Grimen (2009, 101) 3) Ethnic positions as a way to negotiate the preservation of Sami culture and language. The Sami movement created belonging and confidence within Sami society but also marked boundaries with others (Olsen 2010). In situations that relate to the distribution of resources based on ethnic categories, the differences are important.…”

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Collaboration between Sami and non-Sami formal and family caregivers in rural municipalities

Larsen

Normann

Hamran

2015

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Sammendrag:The aim of this study was to explore how caregivers experience collaboration in rural municipalities in northern Norway. We conducted fieldwork with a dementia team in addition to seventeen qualitative in-depth interviews with formal and family caregivers. The caregivers had ethnic Sami and ethnic Norwegian affiliation. The theme 'negotiating ethnic and ethno-political positions' was identified through thematic analysis and developed using positioning theory. Ethnicity involves dynamic and situated personal affiliations, and participants negotiate each other's ethnic positions in practice. Negotiations of ethnic positions hamper collaboration between formal and family caregivers, and ethno-political positions reinforce stereotyped ethnic positions. This study contributes to the understanding of and the debate over positions on ethno-cultural collaboration in health care. In practice, participants negotiate the health policy concept of 'cultural facilitation', which must be broadened to ensure equal healthcare services.Omsorgsbiblioteket har ikke tilgang til å publisere dette dokumentet i fulltekst. Kanskje ditt lokale bibliotek kan hjelpe deg, eller kanskje du kommer videre med lenken nedenfor.

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Collaboration between Sami and non-Sami formal and family caregivers in rural municipalities

Larsen

Normann

Hamran

2015

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…Ethnic identity is another aspect that might be integrated into one's place identity, but often not. A number of studies on Sámi identity construction in modern society point to the ambivalence that claiming a Sámi identity may represent (Høgmo, 1986;Stordahl, 1994;Hovland, 1996;Eidheim, 1999;Gaski, 2000;Olsen, 2010). In Norway, particularly those who grew up along the coast are marked with the consequences of the Norwegianization policy.…”

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Urban Sámi Identities in Scandinavia: Hybridities, Ambivalences and Cultural Innovation

Nyseth

Pedersen

2014

Acta Borealia

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One of the most significant social and cultural changes in the northern part of Scandinavia, as in other parts of the world, is urbanization. All over the northern region, towns and cities are growing, and a large portion of the indigenous population now lives in urban areas throughout all Scandinavian countries. Within these multicultural cities, urban Sámi communities are emerging and making claims to the cities. From a situation where migration from a Sámi core area to a city was associated with assimilation, an urban Sámi identity is now in the making. In this article, we discuss what seems to be the emergence of an urban Sámi culture. The article builds on findings from a study of urban Sámi and their expression of identity in three cities with the largest and fastest-growing Sámi populations in the region: Tromsø (Norway), Umeå (Sweden) and Rovaniemi (Finland). A main finding is the increasing recognition of their status as indigenous people and the growth in Sámi institutions in the cities. Another finding is an urban Sámi culture in the making, where new expressions of Sámi identity are given room to grow, but where we also find ambivalences and strong links and identifications to places in the Sámi core districts outside of the cities.

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“…Estimates of the size of the Sámi population in Norway today differ from 15,000 to 100,000. The massive variation in estimates can partly be explained by the diffuse and very fluid ethnic borders between the Sámi and the two other main ethnic groups, and partly because Sámi identity is dynamic and in a constant state of change (Olsen, 2008). Hundreds of years of close interaction between the three ethnic groups and the ruthless Norwegianization policy in the years from 1880 to around 1950 lie behind these unclear ethnic borders.…”

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Skiing and divergent ethnic identities in the multiethnic Northern Norway

Pedersen

2014

National Identities

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This article examines first whether the skiing as the Norwegian national sport was used by the state in its assimilation strategy towards the indigenous Sámi people. One would think that skiing's central role in building a Norwegian national identity would mean that it would have a vital place in government policy towards its indigenous population. Second, the article explores how skiing became integral in the creation of a modern Sámi identity from the 1970s. The article explores how the Sámi over the last 30 years have tried to incorporate skiing and sport in the ongoing revitalizing of a Sámi identity.

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Identities, Ethnicities and Borderzones. Examples from Finnmark, Northern Norway

Abstract: Orkana forlag as, 8340 stamsund IsBn 978-82-8104-1509 this book has been published with support from the project Multicultural Meeting Grounds. Ethnic Border Zones and Everyday Life in Northern Norway, Finnmark University college/the research council of norway.

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

Collaboration between Sami and non-Sami formal and family caregivers in rural municipalities

Collaboration between Sami and non-Sami formal and family caregivers in rural municipalities

Urban Sámi Identities in Scandinavia: Hybridities, Ambivalences and Cultural Innovation

Skiing and divergent ethnic identities in the multiethnic Northern Norway

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