Mobilization of imaginaries to build Nordic Indigenous natures
International audience This paper is about two Northern territories and peoples, the Sami in the Swedish Lapland and the Cree of James Bay (Quebec, Canada).This comparison aims to show how the North is commonly seen as a human desert – completely wild – and how this imaginative space isfull of polit...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.70ojb5 2023-05-15T17:06:37+02:00 Mobilization of imaginaries to build Nordic Indigenous natures Mobilisation des imaginaires pour construire des natures autochtones nordiques MARAUD, Simon Guyot, Sylvain Laboratoire de Géographie Physique et Environnementale (GEOLAB) Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université Clermont Auvergne 2017-2020 (UCA 2017-2020 )-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Institut Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IR SHS UNILIM) Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université Laval Québec (ULaval) Passages Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Université de Bordeaux (UB) GEOLAB 2016-07-21 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01628941 en eng HAL CCSD Taylor & Francis halshs-01628941 10670/1.70ojb5 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01628941 undefined Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 1088-937X Polar Geography Polar Geography, Taylor & Francis, 2016, 39 (3), pp.196-216 Geographical imaginaries Indigenousness North Quebec Sweden Nature hist art Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2016 fttriple 2023-01-22T17:38:42Z International audience This paper is about two Northern territories and peoples, the Sami in the Swedish Lapland and the Cree of James Bay (Quebec, Canada).This comparison aims to show how the North is commonly seen as a human desert – completely wild – and how this imaginative space isfull of political and poetic constructions. The colonial vision of the North omits the Indigenous dimension of such territories or includes it as the Ecological Indian of Shepard Krech III. This study shows how what was a patronizing colonial perspective became a tool for the Sami and the Cree to legitimate their involvement in the management of local resources and the protection of nature. Simultaneously, the empowerment of the Indigenous inhabitants of the two Nordic lands – via protected areas such as Laponia or Assinica – is a means of development in the communities. In particular, it supports the emergence of tourism and thus reduces the mental gap between the South and the North and their peoples. Moreover, even when Indigenous tourism is criticized for the promotion of folklore and exoticism, it also enables young generations to reconnect with a culture in oblivion. Article in Journal/Newspaper Laponia Polar Geography sami sami James Bay Lapland Unknown Canada Indian |
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International audience This paper is about two Northern territories and peoples, the Sami in the Swedish Lapland and the Cree of James Bay (Quebec, Canada).This comparison aims to show how the North is commonly seen as a human desert – completely wild – and how this imaginative space isfull of political and poetic constructions. The colonial vision of the North omits the Indigenous dimension of such territories or includes it as the Ecological Indian of Shepard Krech III. This study shows how what was a patronizing colonial perspective became a tool for the Sami and the Cree to legitimate their involvement in the management of local resources and the protection of nature. Simultaneously, the empowerment of the Indigenous inhabitants of the two Nordic lands – via protected areas such as Laponia or Assinica – is a means of development in the communities. In particular, it supports the emergence of tourism and thus reduces the mental gap between the South and the North and their peoples. Moreover, even when Indigenous tourism is criticized for the promotion of folklore and exoticism, it also enables young generations to reconnect with a culture in oblivion. |
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Laboratoire de Géographie Physique et Environnementale (GEOLAB) Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université Clermont Auvergne 2017-2020 (UCA 2017-2020 )-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Institut Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IR SHS UNILIM) Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université Laval Québec (ULaval) Passages Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Université de Bordeaux (UB) GEOLAB |
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