‘Where the F… is Vuotso?’ : heritage of Second World War forced movement and destruction in a Sámi reindeer herding community in Finnish Lapland

• Published in: International Journal of Heritage Studies
• Main Authors: Seitsonen, Oula, Koskinen-Koivisto, Eerika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2018
• Subjects: material heritage; forced movement; Sámi; Lapland; World War II; kulttuuriperintö; väestönsiirrot; saamelaiset; Lapin sota; Vuotso
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201801191284

In this paper we discuss the heritage of the WWII evacuation and the so-called ‘burning of Lapland’ within a Sámi reindeer herding community, and assess how these wartime experiences have moulded, and continue to mould, the ways people memorialise and engage with the WWII material remains. Our focus...