Do fences make good neighbours: the influence of territoriality in state-Sami relations
The Sami of northern Europe are divided among four states and have lost most rights to land and resources in resources in their traditional area. This analysis seeks to determine whether territoriality has been a significant source of conflict between the Sami and the Nordic states. In contrast to t...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:unbc_17074 2024-06-02T08:14:01+00:00 Do fences make good neighbours: the influence of territoriality in state-Sami relations Forrest, Scott McArthur (Author) Myers, Heather (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 1998 electronic Number of pages in document: 102 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A17074 https://doi.org/10.24124/1998/bpgub93 English eng University of Northern British Columbia https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A17074 uuid: 28549d29-85f8-4f15-b0d3-b2abb93d4eec bib-number: b1194514 https://doi.org/10.24124/1998/bpgub93 lac: TC-BPGUB-93 Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Sami (European people) -- Land tenure Sami (European people) -- Government relations DL42.L36 F67 1998 Text thesis 1998 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.24124/1998/bpgub93 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z The Sami of northern Europe are divided among four states and have lost most rights to land and resources in resources in their traditional area. This analysis seeks to determine whether territoriality has been a significant source of conflict between the Sami and the Nordic states. In contrast to the fixed and exclusive territoriality of the state, Sami concepts of territory have tended to be flexible and diffuse. The contradiction between these two types of territoriality has manifested itself in the following ways, which will be analyzed historically: 1. Nordic states viewed the Sami as nomadic, thus having no ownership of their land. 2. Traditional Sami activities, notably reindeer herding, were viewed as illegitimate or backwards, resulting in the privileging of modern forms of land use such as agriculture. 3. Where states did feel an impulse to protect the Sami way of life, they viewed nomadic pastoralism as economically non-viable, prompting systems of administration which increased state regulation of herding. These conflicts lie at the root of the issues which the Sami are struggling with today: rights to land and resources, self-government, and self-management in herding. Just resolution of those issues requires understanding and acknowledgement of the influence of territoriality in shaping the current situation. This analysis attempts to break away from state-centric perspectives in international relations to provide greater understanding and legitimacy to nations that have been unwillingly incorporated into states through colonization. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1194514 Thesis sami Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) |
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The Sami of northern Europe are divided among four states and have lost most rights to land and resources in resources in their traditional area. This analysis seeks to determine whether territoriality has been a significant source of conflict between the Sami and the Nordic states. In contrast to the fixed and exclusive territoriality of the state, Sami concepts of territory have tended to be flexible and diffuse. The contradiction between these two types of territoriality has manifested itself in the following ways, which will be analyzed historically: 1. Nordic states viewed the Sami as nomadic, thus having no ownership of their land. 2. Traditional Sami activities, notably reindeer herding, were viewed as illegitimate or backwards, resulting in the privileging of modern forms of land use such as agriculture. 3. Where states did feel an impulse to protect the Sami way of life, they viewed nomadic pastoralism as economically non-viable, prompting systems of administration which increased state regulation of herding. These conflicts lie at the root of the issues which the Sami are struggling with today: rights to land and resources, self-government, and self-management in herding. Just resolution of those issues requires understanding and acknowledgement of the influence of territoriality in shaping the current situation. This analysis attempts to break away from state-centric perspectives in international relations to provide greater understanding and legitimacy to nations that have been unwillingly incorporated into states through colonization. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1194514 |
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Do fences make good neighbours: the influence of territoriality in state-Sami relations |
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