Funktionshindrad och same : Att vara same och ha en funktionsnedsättning iett 1800-talets Jämtland.

• Main Authors: Didriksson, Daniel, Ejvemark, Jonatan
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete 2012
• Subjects: Funktionsnedsättning; Same; Historia; 1800-talet; Jämtland; History; Social Work; Socialt arbete; History of Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified; Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap; Talets; Sámi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-16221

In this essay the authors have searched to get an understanding of howthe situation where for a person being handicapped and of sámi heritage in Swedenduring the 1800´s to the beginning of 1900´s. In this qualitative study, church booksand local governmental records from the time has been the sources for data. Findingsregarding sámi and disability first of all shows that the sámi didn´t produce any ownwritten records, this means we had to use records produced by Swedish authorities.These are the only records available from the time. Records that gave us theauthorities point of view. When working with historical documents it is the contextwere they were produced in and their implied readership that is of great importance.Using this method gives the possibility to tell the story by the perspective of theexposed, in our case sámi people with disabilities. Understanding history makes usbetter equipped understanding today, thereof the relevance of this study. C-uppsats