Il popolo Indigeno dei Sámi e la Conoscenza Ecologica Tradizionale: difficoltà e lezioni da imparare nel XXI secolo

• Published in: Nordicum-Mediterraneum
• Main Author: Corinna Casi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Akureyri 2021
• Subjects: i sámi; lapponia; sápmi; conoscenza ecologica tradizionale; critica neocoloniale; mezzi di sussistenza tradizionali indigeni; popoli indigeni; scipo; anthro-se; Arctic; Renne; lappon*; Lapponia; sami; Sámi; renne
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33112/nm.16.4.2; https://doaj.org/article/b92c66d584ce4fa9bdd53884893c8639

Questo articolo concerne le culture indigene dell’Artico, ma si focalizza soprattutto sul popolo dei Sámi, l’unico popolo indigeno ufficialmente riconosciuto come tale dall’Unione Europea. L’articolo continua esplorando il territorio Sámi, situato nell’estremo nord europeo e nel nord-ovest della Federazione Russa, e la sua connessione con la cultura Sámi perchè strettamente legato alle loro pratiche di sostentamento tradizionali, quali l’allevamento semi-nomade delle renne e la pesca del salmone. Questo articolo pone inoltre particolare attenzione alla conoscenza ecologica tradizionale Sámi, al rapporto conflittuale di questo corpo di conoscenze con il sapere accademico convenzionale e soprattutto mette in rilevo la critica neocoloniale che evidenzia discriminazioni del sapere non-accademico ufficiale, come la conoscenza ecologica tradizionale Sámi. This article concerns the Arctic Indigenous cultures, and it focuses particularly on Sami Indigenous people, which is the only people officially recognized as such in the European Union. It continues presenting the Sami land, located in the extreme European North and in the North-West of the Russian Federation, and its significance for Sami people due to the deep connection with their traditional livelihood practices such as reindeer herding and salmon fishing. This article emphasizes the Sami traditional ecological knowledge, its controversial relation with the academic knowledge and the official science, as well as the neo-colonial critique which highlights the discrimination of non-academic body of knowledge such as the Sami traditional ecological knowledge. This article concerns the indigenous cultures of the Arctic, but focuses mainly on the Sámi people, the only indigenous people officially recognised as such by the European Union. The article continues by exploring the Sámi territory, located in the far north of Europe and the north-west of the Russian Federation, and its connection with Sámi culture because it is closely linked to their traditional ...