Arctic youth transcending notions of ‘culture’ and ‘nature’ : emancipative discourses of place for cultural sustainability
This article presents research on contradictory representations of the Arctic and its inhabitants from the point of view of sustainable development. Indigenous peoples are repeatedly presented as connected to nature but outside politics, while business and state stakeholders portray the Arctic as un...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/314453 2024-01-07T09:40:38+01:00 Arctic youth transcending notions of ‘culture’ and ‘nature’ : emancipative discourses of place for cultural sustainability Toivanen, Reetta Fabritius, Nora Area and Cultural Studies Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ) Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives CEREN (The Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism) Sociology 2020-04-28T11:25:01Z 7 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/314453 eng eng ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.02.003 Toivanen , R & Fabritius , N 2020 , ' Arctic youth transcending notions of ‘culture’ and ‘nature’ : emancipative discourses of place for cultural sustainability ' , Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability , vol. 43 , pp. 58-64 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2020.02.003 ORCID: /0000-0002-1441-6272/work/73242478 ORCID: /0000-0002-9848-5231/work/73243717 18c766fb-f1f8-47e6-b1ec-e47bb6418e76 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/314453 000545267300009 cc_by_nc_nd openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 5141 Sociology youth Arctic Equality SAMI EXPERIENCES Article publishedVersion 2020 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:04:24Z This article presents research on contradictory representations of the Arctic and its inhabitants from the point of view of sustainable development. Indigenous peoples are repeatedly presented as connected to nature but outside politics, while business and state stakeholders portray the Arctic as uninhabited and utilizable for extractivism. These depictions diminish the agency of indigenous Sámi in political decision-making, agency that is integral to achieving a sustainable future both for Arctic lands and cultures. Contrary to what older generations fear, research from this decade shows that youth — who are increasingly moving to urban centers — are not necessarily leaving Sámi culture and lands. They are finding new modes of agency by transcending the discursive boundaries of periphery and center, nature and culture. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic sami sami HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Arctic Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 43 58 64 |
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This article presents research on contradictory representations of the Arctic and its inhabitants from the point of view of sustainable development. Indigenous peoples are repeatedly presented as connected to nature but outside politics, while business and state stakeholders portray the Arctic as uninhabited and utilizable for extractivism. These depictions diminish the agency of indigenous Sámi in political decision-making, agency that is integral to achieving a sustainable future both for Arctic lands and cultures. Contrary to what older generations fear, research from this decade shows that youth — who are increasingly moving to urban centers — are not necessarily leaving Sámi culture and lands. They are finding new modes of agency by transcending the discursive boundaries of periphery and center, nature and culture. Peer reviewed |
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Arctic youth transcending notions of ‘culture’ and ‘nature’ : emancipative discourses of place for cultural sustainability |
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