“The Long Road of Reconciliation”
Grounded in performance theories and Indigenous methodologies, this essay focuses on the 2021 solemn service in Uppsala Cathedral, when the Church of Sweden apologized for its historical complicity in the colonization of Sápmi. The essay discusses key rhetorical features of the Archbishop’s apology...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1bde8271449443ae80727b583db75454 2023-07-02T03:32:16+02:00 “The Long Road of Reconciliation” Dirk Gindt 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan227 https://doaj.org/article/1bde8271449443ae80727b583db75454 EN FR eng fre University of Alberta Library https://scancan.net/index.php/scancan/article/view/227 https://doaj.org/toc/0823-1796 https://doaj.org/toc/2816-5187 doi:10.29173/scancan227 0823-1796 2816-5187 https://doaj.org/article/1bde8271449443ae80727b583db75454 Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol 30 (2023) Sámi people Church of Sweden Indigenous testimonies performance Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia DL1-1180 Language and Literature P article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan227 2023-06-11T00:34:59Z Grounded in performance theories and Indigenous methodologies, this essay focuses on the 2021 solemn service in Uppsala Cathedral, when the Church of Sweden apologized for its historical complicity in the colonization of Sápmi. The essay discusses key rhetorical features of the Archbishop’s apology and analyses how the service incorporated Sámi visual, material, oral, and performance cultures. Of specific interest are five Sámi testimonies about settler colonialism and artist Anders Sunna’s redesign of the sanctuary. To tease out the contextual specificities (and limitations) of the apology and situate it as part of unfolding decolonial processes across the circumpolar North, the essay draws selective comparisons to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s 2008 formal apology to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit Sámi Sámi Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Scandinavian-Canadian Studies 30 1 30 |
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Grounded in performance theories and Indigenous methodologies, this essay focuses on the 2021 solemn service in Uppsala Cathedral, when the Church of Sweden apologized for its historical complicity in the colonization of Sápmi. The essay discusses key rhetorical features of the Archbishop’s apology and analyses how the service incorporated Sámi visual, material, oral, and performance cultures. Of specific interest are five Sámi testimonies about settler colonialism and artist Anders Sunna’s redesign of the sanctuary. To tease out the contextual specificities (and limitations) of the apology and situate it as part of unfolding decolonial processes across the circumpolar North, the essay draws selective comparisons to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s 2008 formal apology to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. |
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