Working Together with South Saami Birth Stories – A Collaboration Between a Saami Midwife and a Saami Researcher
This paper presents some results from a community-based project among local South Saami in the Norwegian and Swedish part of Saepmie. I was co-coordinating a two-year community-sponsored project in the community (Røyrvik) in which a local South Saami midwife documented stories from elder Saami about...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:22bd0c4ac8b94a23a96b3299c8cad7ef 2023-10-29T02:39:48+01:00 Working Together with South Saami Birth Stories – A Collaboration Between a Saami Midwife and a Saami Researcher Åsa Virdi Kroik Jonhild Joma 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v2i1.203 https://doaj.org/article/22bd0c4ac8b94a23a96b3299c8cad7ef EN eng University of Saskatchewan https://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/article/view/61483 https://doaj.org/toc/2369-1190 https://doaj.org/toc/2368-416X doi:10.15402/esj.v2i1.203 2369-1190 2368-416X https://doaj.org/article/22bd0c4ac8b94a23a96b3299c8cad7ef Engaged Scholar Journal, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2017) methodology Saami people revitalization Communities. Classes. Races HT51-1595 Education (General) L7-991 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v2i1.203 2023-10-01T00:39:42Z This paper presents some results from a community-based project among local South Saami in the Norwegian and Swedish part of Saepmie. I was co-coordinating a two-year community-sponsored project in the community (Røyrvik) in which a local South Saami midwife documented stories from elder Saami about childbirth in earlier times, both from their own memories and from stories they knew. Her work became an article in a book, and the project helped us to understand much more about childbirth and general living conditions for Saami one to three generations ago in this area. As a PhD candidate, I have complemented her work with a theoretical framework (Indigenous Research Methods, colonial perspective), a historical analysis, and a contemporary context. Apart from presenting an example of stories she was given and how they can give us new knowledge. But I will focus on the meanings, processes, theories and practices of engaged Indigenous community research. I will describe our different methods and the benefit of working together and will point out how it will further research. Article in Journal/Newspaper saami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning 2 1 145 156 |
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This paper presents some results from a community-based project among local South Saami in the Norwegian and Swedish part of Saepmie. I was co-coordinating a two-year community-sponsored project in the community (Røyrvik) in which a local South Saami midwife documented stories from elder Saami about childbirth in earlier times, both from their own memories and from stories they knew. Her work became an article in a book, and the project helped us to understand much more about childbirth and general living conditions for Saami one to three generations ago in this area. As a PhD candidate, I have complemented her work with a theoretical framework (Indigenous Research Methods, colonial perspective), a historical analysis, and a contemporary context. Apart from presenting an example of stories she was given and how they can give us new knowledge. But I will focus on the meanings, processes, theories and practices of engaged Indigenous community research. I will describe our different methods and the benefit of working together and will point out how it will further research. |
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