The intersection of medieval studies and Indigenous studies: A Norse-Saami case study
Medieval texts reveal the normalised presence of Saami peoples in medieval Fennoscandia, suggesting close interactions involving trade, relationships, rituals, and magic. Despite growing recognition of these relations, the Saami remain overlooked in general studies of the Middle Ages, often relegate...
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ftungreifswaldir:oai:epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de:10874 2024-05-19T07:40:07+00:00 The intersection of medieval studies and Indigenous studies: A Norse-Saami case study Wang, Solveig Marie 2024-01-18 application/pdf https://epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10874 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-108748 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41280-023-00300-3 https://epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de/files/10874/s41280-023-00300-3-1.pdf eng eng Berlin : Springer Nature https://epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10874 urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-108748 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-108748 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41280-023-00300-3 https://epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de/files/10874/s41280-023-00300-3-1.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article doc-type:article 2024 ftungreifswaldir https://doi.org/10.1057/s41280-023-00300-3 2024-04-24T00:50:12Z Medieval texts reveal the normalised presence of Saami peoples in medieval Fennoscandia, suggesting close interactions involving trade, relationships, rituals, and magic. Despite growing recognition of these relations, the Saami remain overlooked in general studies of the Middle Ages, often relegated to symbolic roles or footnotes. As a result, Saami characters are typically depicted as the exotic Other within Norse society, often being stripped of agency and humanity in historical narratives. To counter these biases and distorted narratives, an essential step is analysing exclusionary structures in medieval literature and critically reviewing existing research on Saami representation. This process challenges dehumanising portrayals and confronts present-day stereotypes. The present study aims to ‘re-humanize’ (as Paulette F. C. Steeves puts it) the medieval Saami past by using decolonising frameworks and perspectives offered by the so-called ‘Indigenous turn’ of medieval studies, bridging medieval studies and Indigenous studies within a Norse context. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia saami Publication Server of Greifswald University postmedieval 15 1 119 150 |
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Medieval texts reveal the normalised presence of Saami peoples in medieval Fennoscandia, suggesting close interactions involving trade, relationships, rituals, and magic. Despite growing recognition of these relations, the Saami remain overlooked in general studies of the Middle Ages, often relegated to symbolic roles or footnotes. As a result, Saami characters are typically depicted as the exotic Other within Norse society, often being stripped of agency and humanity in historical narratives. To counter these biases and distorted narratives, an essential step is analysing exclusionary structures in medieval literature and critically reviewing existing research on Saami representation. This process challenges dehumanising portrayals and confronts present-day stereotypes. The present study aims to ‘re-humanize’ (as Paulette F. C. Steeves puts it) the medieval Saami past by using decolonising frameworks and perspectives offered by the so-called ‘Indigenous turn’ of medieval studies, bridging medieval studies and Indigenous studies within a Norse context. |
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The intersection of medieval studies and Indigenous studies: A Norse-Saami case study |
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The intersection of medieval studies and Indigenous studies: A Norse-Saami case study |
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The intersection of medieval studies and Indigenous studies: A Norse-Saami case study |
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The intersection of medieval studies and Indigenous studies: A Norse-Saami case study |
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intersection of medieval studies and indigenous studies: a norse-saami case study |
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Berlin : Springer Nature |
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