Gákti ja goahti. Heritage work and identity at Várdobáiki Museum
The legacy of the harsh assimilation policy in Norway – fornorskingen – has resulted in a loss of language, cultural heritage and corresponding identities for many within the Sámi population. Helped along in particular by the practice of late nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographic and cultura...
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ftosloiunivojs:oai:ojs.www.journals.uio.no:article/3050 2023-05-15T17:24:39+02:00 Gákti ja goahti. Heritage work and identity at Várdobáiki Museum Finbog, Liisa-Rávná 2016-06-29 application/pdf https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3050 https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3050 eng eng University of Oslo Library https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3050/2632 https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3050 doi:10.5617/nm.3050 Nordisk Museologi; Nr 2 (2015); 95 Nordisk Museologi; No. 2 (2015); 95 2002-0503 1103-8152 Sámi indigenous cultural heritage indigenous identity appropriate museology heritage object oral historical research community-based archaeology info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftosloiunivojs https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3050 2022-04-22T05:15:11Z The legacy of the harsh assimilation policy in Norway – fornorskingen – has resulted in a loss of language, cultural heritage and corresponding identities for many within the Sámi population. Helped along in particular by the practice of late nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographic and cultural-history museums, the culture of Norway has often been presented as a singular culture with few, if any, references to the Sámi. Only in the last few decades have any attempts been made to rectify this image. In this article, I show how the Sámi communities have appropriated the tools of assimilation – i.e. museums – and used them to counteract its effects. I focus on the work of indigenous museums in one geographical area – the counties of Nordland and Troms – and the Marke- Sámi population and culture within this area. Using the Marke-Sámi community as my starting point I show how the use of local and traditional knowledge alongside heritage work in museums helps form a sense of local ownership of the Marke-Sámi culture and an entitlement to participate in the creation of modern Marke-Sámi identities amongst the local Marke-Sámi population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordland Nordland Sámi Nordland Troms University of Oslo (UiO): FRITT (E-Journals) Norway Nordisk Museologi 2 95 |
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The legacy of the harsh assimilation policy in Norway – fornorskingen – has resulted in a loss of language, cultural heritage and corresponding identities for many within the Sámi population. Helped along in particular by the practice of late nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographic and cultural-history museums, the culture of Norway has often been presented as a singular culture with few, if any, references to the Sámi. Only in the last few decades have any attempts been made to rectify this image. In this article, I show how the Sámi communities have appropriated the tools of assimilation – i.e. museums – and used them to counteract its effects. I focus on the work of indigenous museums in one geographical area – the counties of Nordland and Troms – and the Marke- Sámi population and culture within this area. Using the Marke-Sámi community as my starting point I show how the use of local and traditional knowledge alongside heritage work in museums helps form a sense of local ownership of the Marke-Sámi culture and an entitlement to participate in the creation of modern Marke-Sámi identities amongst the local Marke-Sámi population. |
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