Skolt Sami and industrialization
This article shows how the Finnish state, in connection to international actors, has advanced industrialization, territorialization, and commodification on the Skolt Sami home grounds, and how the Skolt Sami people’s nature-linked livelihood activities have changed or become threatened in connection...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c94d1237d7984e7787688485b8ce902d 2023-05-15T15:05:04+02:00 Skolt Sami and industrialization Panu Itkonen 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.30676/jfas.v46i1.99917 https://doaj.org/article/c94d1237d7984e7787688485b8ce902d EN eng Suomen Antropologinen Seura (Finnish Anthropological Society) https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/99917 https://doaj.org/toc/1799-8972 doi:10.30676/jfas.v46i1.99917 1799-8972 https://doaj.org/article/c94d1237d7984e7787688485b8ce902d Suomen Antropologi, Vol 46, Iss 1 (2021) Anthropology GN1-890 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.30676/jfas.v46i1.99917 2022-12-31T01:22:14Z This article shows how the Finnish state, in connection to international actors, has advanced industrialization, territorialization, and commodification on the Skolt Sami home grounds, and how the Skolt Sami people’s nature-linked livelihood activities have changed or become threatened in connection with these processes. The theoretical starting points of the article sheds light on territorialization and the power practices of the state, and on commodification (i.e. the development of industrial economic features). The three cases of territorialization and commodification discussed in this article are the following: (1) the industrialization of the Petsamo area until1944, (2) the industrialization of reindeer herding from 1995 on, and (3) the Arctic Ocean railroad plan in 2016–2021. The article argues that international factors have significantly influenced the process of state-directed territorialization, which on several occasions has divided the Skolt Sami. Furthermore, the article claims that in the process of commodification, despite having changed, traditional nature-related livelihood activities are important for the continuity of the Skolt Sami way of life. Keywords: Skolt Sami, livelihoods, reindeer herding, natural resources, state, industrialization Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Arctic Ocean Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society 46 1 59 76 |
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This article shows how the Finnish state, in connection to international actors, has advanced industrialization, territorialization, and commodification on the Skolt Sami home grounds, and how the Skolt Sami people’s nature-linked livelihood activities have changed or become threatened in connection with these processes. The theoretical starting points of the article sheds light on territorialization and the power practices of the state, and on commodification (i.e. the development of industrial economic features). The three cases of territorialization and commodification discussed in this article are the following: (1) the industrialization of the Petsamo area until1944, (2) the industrialization of reindeer herding from 1995 on, and (3) the Arctic Ocean railroad plan in 2016–2021. The article argues that international factors have significantly influenced the process of state-directed territorialization, which on several occasions has divided the Skolt Sami. Furthermore, the article claims that in the process of commodification, despite having changed, traditional nature-related livelihood activities are important for the continuity of the Skolt Sami way of life. Keywords: Skolt Sami, livelihoods, reindeer herding, natural resources, state, industrialization |
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