From Nature to iNature. Articulating a Sami Christian Identity Online
The article discusses the activities of both indigenous people and religion online, andintroduces the pair of concepts indigeneity-online/online-indigeneity as a means ofanalysing this activity. This concept is new, and leans heavily on the pair of conceptsreligion-online/online-religion that is use...
| Published in: | Nordlit |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Norwegian |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2012
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| Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/2381 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.2381 |
| Summary: | The article discusses the activities of both indigenous people and religion online, andintroduces the pair of concepts indigeneity-online/online-indigeneity as a means ofanalysing this activity. This concept is new, and leans heavily on the pair of conceptsreligion-online/online-religion that is used in religious studies. The second part of thearticle consists of an analysis of the website www.osko.no, a site for the Christianeducation of Sami children and youth. I treat this as an expression of, or a mediumfor, the contemporary formation of Sami identity, and argue that it can be seen as anindigenous website. The Church of Norway, as an institution with a strong history ofcolonization and Norwegianization, has developed into an institution that seeks tointegrate, implement and strengthen the Sami voices and traditions to such extent thatSami Christians use it as platform for the communication of a Sami kind ofChristianity. www.osko.no is an example of a certain articulation of Sami identity.What seems to be the preferred or idealized Saminess is related to nature and aparticular past, and is distant to modernity, urban culture and Norwegian culture. |
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