Sami place names and, maps: transmitting knowledge of a cultural landscape in contemporary contexts
International audience For the Sami people, place names provide the basis for the transmission of a cultural landscape, through an oral way of mapping built around narratives and the designation of specific landmarks. Based on interviews with members of a mountain-based reindeer herding community in...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-01569121v1 2023-05-15T14:14:26+02:00 Sami place names and, maps: transmitting knowledge of a cultural landscape in contemporary contexts Cogos, Sarah Roue, Marie Roturier, Samuel Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) 2017 https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01569121 https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0016-042 en eng HAL CCSD University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1657/AAAR0016-042 hal-01569121 https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01569121 doi:10.1657/AAAR0016-042 ISSN: 1523-0430 Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01569121 Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, 2017, 49 (1), pp.43‑51. ⟨10.1657/AAAR0016-042⟩ [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2017 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0016-042 2021-11-28T01:02:32Z International audience For the Sami people, place names provide the basis for the transmission of a cultural landscape, through an oral way of mapping built around narratives and the designation of specific landmarks. Based on interviews with members of a mountain-based reindeer herding community in Sweden, we found that their transmission is today ensured through continued oral tradition but also by the increasing use of maps. However, because they follow the western cartographic tradition, official maps are unable to express the continual renewal of Sami place names and the land features that are meaningful to the Sami, and thus fail to convey toponymic knowledge. Inscribing place names on maps transforms them into mere labels: toponymic knowledge has to be transmitted along with its context of emergence, situated at the crossroads of cognitive, perceptive, emotional, and social dimensions. There is an urgent need to conceive new forms of cartography that can guarantee the transmission of toponymic knowledge to future generations, maintaining the relationship that binds the Sami to their environment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic and Alpine Research Arctic Arctic and Alpine Research sami sami Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 49 1 43 51 |
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International audience For the Sami people, place names provide the basis for the transmission of a cultural landscape, through an oral way of mapping built around narratives and the designation of specific landmarks. Based on interviews with members of a mountain-based reindeer herding community in Sweden, we found that their transmission is today ensured through continued oral tradition but also by the increasing use of maps. However, because they follow the western cartographic tradition, official maps are unable to express the continual renewal of Sami place names and the land features that are meaningful to the Sami, and thus fail to convey toponymic knowledge. Inscribing place names on maps transforms them into mere labels: toponymic knowledge has to be transmitted along with its context of emergence, situated at the crossroads of cognitive, perceptive, emotional, and social dimensions. There is an urgent need to conceive new forms of cartography that can guarantee the transmission of toponymic knowledge to future generations, maintaining the relationship that binds the Sami to their environment. |
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Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) |
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Sami place names and, maps: transmitting knowledge of a cultural landscape in contemporary contexts |
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