Sámi sports and outdoor life at the indigenous Riddu Riđđu festival
The indigenous Riddu Riđđu Festival, organized yearly in the village of Olmáivággi/ Manndalen (Sápmi/Norway), presents the cultures of Sámi people and indigenous peoples across the world. A study of the activities offered at Riddu Riđđu over an eleven-year period (2009–2019) carried out. Through fie...
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fthsinnlandet:oai:brage.inn.no:11250/2732064 2024-03-03T08:48:36+00:00 Sámi sports and outdoor life at the indigenous Riddu Riđđu festival Skogvang, Bente Ovèdie 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2732064 https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2020.1838934 eng eng urn:issn:1472-9679 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2732064 https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2020.1838934 cristin:1886498 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Peer reviewed Journal article 2020 fthsinnlandet https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2020.1838934 2024-02-02T12:42:18Z The indigenous Riddu Riđđu Festival, organized yearly in the village of Olmáivággi/ Manndalen (Sápmi/Norway), presents the cultures of Sámi people and indigenous peoples across the world. A study of the activities offered at Riddu Riđđu over an eleven-year period (2009–2019) carried out. Through fieldwork (forty-six in-depth interviews, participant observations and document analysis), I contemplated how sports, physical and outdoor activities included in the festival create indigenous people’s identities and cultural understanding. Sámi sports and other indigenous sports and outdoor life are crucial parts of the festival, especially at the Children’s Festival: Mánáidfestivála. The activities represent different ethnicities and seem to create sustained ties between persons, networks and organizations and to build identities and bridges between participants. Taking part in festival activities claimed to be crucial symbolic capital, or poly cultural capital, in expressing indigeneity or in the creation of ‘indigenous hearts’ by participants, staff and volunteers at the festival. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Sámi Høgskolen i Innlandet: Brage INN Norway Manndalen ENVELOPE(20.550,20.550,69.600,69.600) Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 21 4 357 370 |
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The indigenous Riddu Riđđu Festival, organized yearly in the village of Olmáivággi/ Manndalen (Sápmi/Norway), presents the cultures of Sámi people and indigenous peoples across the world. A study of the activities offered at Riddu Riđđu over an eleven-year period (2009–2019) carried out. Through fieldwork (forty-six in-depth interviews, participant observations and document analysis), I contemplated how sports, physical and outdoor activities included in the festival create indigenous people’s identities and cultural understanding. Sámi sports and other indigenous sports and outdoor life are crucial parts of the festival, especially at the Children’s Festival: Mánáidfestivála. The activities represent different ethnicities and seem to create sustained ties between persons, networks and organizations and to build identities and bridges between participants. Taking part in festival activities claimed to be crucial symbolic capital, or poly cultural capital, in expressing indigeneity or in the creation of ‘indigenous hearts’ by participants, staff and volunteers at the festival. publishedVersion |
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