Language as a cultural mediator in social work: Supporting Sámi culture with services in Sámi
Language takes on heightened importance when working with a cultural and linguistic minority. The article examines welfare services and social work and their role in sustaining the language and culture of the Sámi in Finland as an indigenous people. The inquiry also analyses the current situation of...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0020872816646818 2024-06-23T07:56:35+00:00 Language as a cultural mediator in social work: Supporting Sámi culture with services in Sámi Pohjola, Anneli 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872816646818 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0020872816646818 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0020872816646818 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Social Work volume 59, issue 5, page 640-652 ISSN 0020-8728 1461-7234 journal-article 2016 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872816646818 2024-06-04T06:25:24Z Language takes on heightened importance when working with a cultural and linguistic minority. The article examines welfare services and social work and their role in sustaining the language and culture of the Sámi in Finland as an indigenous people. The inquiry also analyses the current situation of and language use in the provision of services. The research contributes a theoretical discussion of linguistic codes in social work and of the importance of language use in promoting Sámi culture. It concludes that well-functioning services may offer indigenous people an opportunity and environment for using their mother tongue. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sámi Sámi SAGE Publications International Social Work 59 5 640 652 |
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Language takes on heightened importance when working with a cultural and linguistic minority. The article examines welfare services and social work and their role in sustaining the language and culture of the Sámi in Finland as an indigenous people. The inquiry also analyses the current situation of and language use in the provision of services. The research contributes a theoretical discussion of linguistic codes in social work and of the importance of language use in promoting Sámi culture. It concludes that well-functioning services may offer indigenous people an opportunity and environment for using their mother tongue. |
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Language as a cultural mediator in social work: Supporting Sámi culture with services in Sámi |
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