Sámi Reindeer Pastoralism as an Indigenous Resource Management System in Northern Norway: A Contribution to the Common Property Debate
ABSTRACT Pastoralism is defined here as a system in which humanity mediates the relation between land and animals. The paper argues that the conventional idea of pastoralism as a pure relation between animals and land obscures indigenous resource management systems such as that of the Sámi, with its...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1467-7660.1990.tb00368.x 2024-09-15T18:25:49+00:00 Sámi Reindeer Pastoralism as an Indigenous Resource Management System in Northern Norway: A Contribution to the Common Property Debate Bjørklund, Ivar 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.1990.tb00368.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1467-7660.1990.tb00368.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-7660.1990.tb00368.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Development and Change volume 21, issue 1, page 75-86 ISSN 0012-155X 1467-7660 journal-article 1990 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.1990.tb00368.x 2024-09-05T05:06:54Z ABSTRACT Pastoralism is defined here as a system in which humanity mediates the relation between land and animals. The paper argues that the conventional idea of pastoralism as a pure relation between animals and land obscures indigenous resource management systems such as that of the Sámi, with its seasonal variations in both labour and pasture. This management is exercised through flexible social groupings which mediate the relation between the size of the herd and the capacity of the pasture. The fact that there is no historical evidence of overgrazing in a general sense in Sámi areas must be seen in connection with this management system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Wiley Online Library Development and Change 21 1 75 86 |
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ABSTRACT Pastoralism is defined here as a system in which humanity mediates the relation between land and animals. The paper argues that the conventional idea of pastoralism as a pure relation between animals and land obscures indigenous resource management systems such as that of the Sámi, with its seasonal variations in both labour and pasture. This management is exercised through flexible social groupings which mediate the relation between the size of the herd and the capacity of the pasture. The fact that there is no historical evidence of overgrazing in a general sense in Sámi areas must be seen in connection with this management system. |
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Sámi Reindeer Pastoralism as an Indigenous Resource Management System in Northern Norway: A Contribution to the Common Property Debate |
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Sámi Reindeer Pastoralism as an Indigenous Resource Management System in Northern Norway: A Contribution to the Common Property Debate |
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Sámi Reindeer Pastoralism as an Indigenous Resource Management System in Northern Norway: A Contribution to the Common Property Debate |
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Sámi Reindeer Pastoralism as an Indigenous Resource Management System in Northern Norway: A Contribution to the Common Property Debate |
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sámi reindeer pastoralism as an indigenous resource management system in northern norway: a contribution to the common property debate |
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