Ethnofuturism and Place-Making : Bengt Pohjanen's Construction of Meänmaa
The article examines the Tornedalian author Bengt Pohjanen’s construction of Meänmaa [literally ‘Our land’] through an analysis of a selection of texts in which the concept “Meänmaa” is used. Meänmaa refers to the border area between Sweden and Finland in the Torne Valley. The making of Meänmaa is r...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-152178 2023-10-09T21:53:02+02:00 Ethnofuturism and Place-Making : Bengt Pohjanen's Construction of Meänmaa Heith, Anne 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-152178 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper Umeå : Umeå University & The Royal Skyttean Society Journal of Northern Studies, 1654-5915, 2018, 12:1, s. 93-109 orcid:0000-0002-0682-2668 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-152178 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ethnofuturism place-making Meänmaa Tornedalian identity formation ethnicity minority status Meänkieli General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2018 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:53:56Z The article examines the Tornedalian author Bengt Pohjanen’s construction of Meänmaa [literally ‘Our land’] through an analysis of a selection of texts in which the concept “Meänmaa” is used. Meänmaa refers to the border area between Sweden and Finland in the Torne Valley. The making of Meänmaa is related to ethnofuturism, an aesthetic program launched in Estonia in the 1980s. Its aim is to strengthen threatened Uralic cultures and languages. The conclusion presented is that ethnofuturism provides a framework for present-day identity formation and the making of a specific place called Meänmaa against the backdrop of a history of assimilationist policies and marginalisation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Northern Studies meänkieli Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) |
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The article examines the Tornedalian author Bengt Pohjanen’s construction of Meänmaa [literally ‘Our land’] through an analysis of a selection of texts in which the concept “Meänmaa” is used. Meänmaa refers to the border area between Sweden and Finland in the Torne Valley. The making of Meänmaa is related to ethnofuturism, an aesthetic program launched in Estonia in the 1980s. Its aim is to strengthen threatened Uralic cultures and languages. The conclusion presented is that ethnofuturism provides a framework for present-day identity formation and the making of a specific place called Meänmaa against the backdrop of a history of assimilationist policies and marginalisation. |
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Ethnofuturism and Place-Making : Bengt Pohjanen's Construction of Meänmaa |
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Journal of Northern Studies, 1654-5915, 2018, 12:1, s. 93-109 orcid:0000-0002-0682-2668 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-152178 |
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