Conflicting knowledges, competing worldviews : Norwegian governance of Sámi reindeer husbandry in West Finnmark, Norway

• Main Author: Johnsen, Kathrine Ivsett
• Other Authors: Benjaminsen, Tor Arve, Eira, Inger Marie Gaup
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2018
• Subjects: Participatory research; Political ecology; Political ontology; Norway; Verdier; Veier; Finnmark; reindeer husbandry; reindrift; samisk; bohccot
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2583879

This thesis contributes to the field of political ecology by presenting an empirically driven analysis of the power dynamics between the state and Sámi reindeer herders and the knowledge systems that inform the governance of reindeer husbandry. The phenomenon studied consists of the actors’ competi...