(Lack of) government policy for indigenous (Sámi) sport: A chain of legitimating and de-legitimating acts
While colonization as policy is formally a historic phenomenon in Norway and elsewhere, many former structures of state organization – including their relationship to sport – remain under post-colonial conditions. This paper is concerned with how the Norwegian government contributes to creating a si...
| Published in: | International Review for the Sociology of Sport |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2021
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690220988650 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1012690220988650 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1012690220988650 |
| Summary: | While colonization as policy is formally a historic phenomenon in Norway and elsewhere, many former structures of state organization – including their relationship to sport – remain under post-colonial conditions. This paper is concerned with how the Norwegian government contributes to creating a situation, which includes the Norwegian sports confederation (NIF) but excludes the indigenous people Sámi’s sports organisation. Based on existing data and literature, we analyse how the state favours NIF through a chain of legitimating acts. Thus, sport is a preserve of colonization, where a one-sided legitimation parallels a de-legitimation of the overarching sport policy goal of sport-for-all. However, there are signs of change whereby actors are challenging NIF’s monopoly and ‘older’ state-sport regimes. |
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