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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| description | 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 identityformation and the making of a specific place called Meänmaa against the backdrop of a history of assimilationist policies and marginalisation. |
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| op_source | Journal of Northern Studies; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018); 93-109 2004-4658 1654-5915 |
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| spelling | ftumeaunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/901 2025-01-16T22:47:12+00:00 Ethnofuturism and Place-Making: Bengt Pohjanen’s Construction of Meänmaa Heith, Anne 2018-08-16 application/pdf https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/901 eng eng Umeå University Library https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/901/436 https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/901 Copyright (c) 2018 The authors and Journal of Northern Studies Journal of Northern Studies; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018); 93-109 2004-4658 1654-5915 ethnofuturism place-making Meänmaa Tornedalian identity formation ethnicity minority status Meänkieli info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article 2018 ftumeaunivojs 2024-12-18T04:08:26Z 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 identityformation 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 Library Hosted Journals |
| spellingShingle | ethnofuturism place-making Meänmaa Tornedalian identity formation ethnicity minority status Meänkieli Heith, Anne Ethnofuturism and Place-Making: Bengt Pohjanen’s Construction of Meänmaa |
| title | Ethnofuturism and Place-Making: Bengt Pohjanen’s Construction of Meänmaa |
| title_full | Ethnofuturism and Place-Making: Bengt Pohjanen’s Construction of Meänmaa |
| title_fullStr | Ethnofuturism and Place-Making: Bengt Pohjanen’s Construction of Meänmaa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnofuturism and Place-Making: Bengt Pohjanen’s Construction of Meänmaa |
| title_short | Ethnofuturism and Place-Making: Bengt Pohjanen’s Construction of Meänmaa |
| title_sort | ethnofuturism and place-making: bengt pohjanen’s construction of meänmaa |
| topic | ethnofuturism place-making Meänmaa Tornedalian identity formation ethnicity minority status Meänkieli |
| topic_facet | ethnofuturism place-making Meänmaa Tornedalian identity formation ethnicity minority status Meänkieli |
| url | https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/901 |