The Local Political Economy of Languages in a Sami Tourism Destination Authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs
Abstract In this article we examine how the labelling of tourist souvenirs affects and is affected by the local political economy of languages in a tourist destination, which is also a minority language space. We begin by arguing for the importance of our particular focus of study, souvenir labels,...
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fttrinitycoll:oai:tara.tcd.ie:2262/61131 2023-05-15T16:53:44+02:00 The Local Political Economy of Languages in a Sami Tourism Destination Authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs 2011-12-08T02:00:30Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61131 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9841.2011.00489.x en eng Wiley-Blackwell 1360-6441 (pISSN) 1467-9841 (eISSN) 13606441 (ISSN) JSLX-10-164 (PII) JSLX-10-164.R1 (manuscript) http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61131 Journal of Sociolinguistics 15 3 323 doi:10.1111/j.1467-9841.2011.00489.x JSLX (abbrev) 6 months Social Sciences & Humanities 2011 fttrinitycoll https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9841.2011.00489.x 2020-02-16T13:53:14Z Abstract In this article we examine how the labelling of tourist souvenirs affects and is affected by the local political economy of languages in a tourist destination, which is also a minority language space. We begin by arguing for the importance of our particular focus of study, souvenir labels, in the process of global and local tourism, and consequently as evidence of the interplay of languages, politics and economics. In keeping with our discursive ethnographic approach, we then describe distinctive features of the local political economy of languages in our particular case study, the multilingual Sami village of Inari in Northern Finland, and in a related discussion, we describe how Inari functions as a site of experiential cultural tourism, and how the purchase of souvenirs is part of the tourist experience. We then go on to describe a number of practices that we have observed in the choice and use of linguistic and visual resources for the labelling of souvenirs in Inari, the delicate balancing act that takes place in these practices between authentification and mobility, and how this reflects and is reflected in the local political economy of language. sari.p.pietikainen@jyu.fi (Pietikainen, Sari) helen.kelly.holmes@ul.ie (Kelly-Holmes, Helen) University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Languages - Jyvaskya - FINLAND (Pietikainen, Sari) University of Limerick, School of languages, litterature, culture and communication - Limerick - IRELAND (Kelly-Holmes, Helen) FINLAND IRELAND Other/Unknown Material Inari Northern Finland sami sami The University of Dublin, Trinity College: TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive) Inari ENVELOPE(27.029,27.029,68.906,68.906) Journal of Sociolinguistics 15 3 323 346 |
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Abstract In this article we examine how the labelling of tourist souvenirs affects and is affected by the local political economy of languages in a tourist destination, which is also a minority language space. We begin by arguing for the importance of our particular focus of study, souvenir labels, in the process of global and local tourism, and consequently as evidence of the interplay of languages, politics and economics. In keeping with our discursive ethnographic approach, we then describe distinctive features of the local political economy of languages in our particular case study, the multilingual Sami village of Inari in Northern Finland, and in a related discussion, we describe how Inari functions as a site of experiential cultural tourism, and how the purchase of souvenirs is part of the tourist experience. We then go on to describe a number of practices that we have observed in the choice and use of linguistic and visual resources for the labelling of souvenirs in Inari, the delicate balancing act that takes place in these practices between authentification and mobility, and how this reflects and is reflected in the local political economy of language. sari.p.pietikainen@jyu.fi (Pietikainen, Sari) helen.kelly.holmes@ul.ie (Kelly-Holmes, Helen) University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Languages - Jyvaskya - FINLAND (Pietikainen, Sari) University of Limerick, School of languages, litterature, culture and communication - Limerick - IRELAND (Kelly-Holmes, Helen) FINLAND IRELAND |
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The Local Political Economy of Languages in a Sami Tourism Destination Authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs |
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The Local Political Economy of Languages in a Sami Tourism Destination Authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs |
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The Local Political Economy of Languages in a Sami Tourism Destination Authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs |
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The Local Political Economy of Languages in a Sami Tourism Destination Authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs |
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The Local Political Economy of Languages in a Sami Tourism Destination Authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs |
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local political economy of languages in a sami tourism destination authenticity and mobility in the labeling of souvenirs |
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