Enacting Colonised Space : Katarina Pirak Sikku and Anders Sunna
During 2014 the Swedish city of Umeå was a European Capital of Culture, with the signature Umeå2014. In Umeå’s application there was a strong focus upon the Sámi and the fact that Umeå is situated in Sápmi. Elements from Sámi culture were used in the programme and in the marketing of Umeå as a cultu...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-113592 2023-10-09T21:55:45+02:00 Enacting Colonised Space : Katarina Pirak Sikku and Anders Sunna Heith, Anne 2015 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-113592 https://doi.org/10.5617/NM.3048 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper Umeå universitet, Centrum för samisk forskning (CeSam) Umeå universitet, Arktiskt centrum vid Umeå universitet (Arcum) Nordisk Museologi, 1103-8152, 2015, 2, s. 69-83 orcid:0000-0002-0682-2668 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-113592 doi:10.5617/NM.3048 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sámi art European Cultural Capital 2014 Katarina Pirak Sikku Anders Sunna race biology Critical museology Bildmuseet Eight Sami Artists Nammaláhpán Area Infected Swedish colonialism Sámi counter narratives samisk konst kulturhuvudstadsåret 2014 samisk aktivism rasbiologi Cultural Studies Kulturstudier Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2015 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.5617/NM.3048 2023-09-22T13:55:14Z During 2014 the Swedish city of Umeå was a European Capital of Culture, with the signature Umeå2014. In Umeå’s application there was a strong focus upon the Sámi and the fact that Umeå is situated in Sápmi. Elements from Sámi culture were used in the programme and in the marketing of Umeå as a cultural capital. Bildmuseet, a museum for contemporary visual art and a part of Umeå University, was one of the institutions that contributed to the programme by commissioning works for solo exhibitions from eight artists from Sweden, Norway and Finland. The exhibitions were shown in a series called Eight Sami Artists. !e article explores the function and implication of Sámi elements in Umeå2014 with a specific focus on two of the exhibitions shown at Bildmuseet: Katarina Pirak Sikku’s Nammaláhpán and Anders Sunna’s Area Infected. The role of the museum for problematising colonising narratives, as well as the artists’ use of emotions in the production of Sámi counter narratives are themes explored. Forskning om kulturhuvudstadsåret i Umeå 2014 Article in Journal/Newspaper sami sami samisk Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Norway Nordisk Museologi 2 69 |
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During 2014 the Swedish city of Umeå was a European Capital of Culture, with the signature Umeå2014. In Umeå’s application there was a strong focus upon the Sámi and the fact that Umeå is situated in Sápmi. Elements from Sámi culture were used in the programme and in the marketing of Umeå as a cultural capital. Bildmuseet, a museum for contemporary visual art and a part of Umeå University, was one of the institutions that contributed to the programme by commissioning works for solo exhibitions from eight artists from Sweden, Norway and Finland. The exhibitions were shown in a series called Eight Sami Artists. !e article explores the function and implication of Sámi elements in Umeå2014 with a specific focus on two of the exhibitions shown at Bildmuseet: Katarina Pirak Sikku’s Nammaláhpán and Anders Sunna’s Area Infected. The role of the museum for problematising colonising narratives, as well as the artists’ use of emotions in the production of Sámi counter narratives are themes explored. Forskning om kulturhuvudstadsåret i Umeå 2014 |
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