Common Ground: Representation and Language of Place in Indigenous Literature. Sámi and Māori Articulations from a Comparative and Trans-Indigenous Perspective, in Trekways of the Wind by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti

• Main Author: Kavanagh, Jean
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018
• Subjects: Indigenous Studies; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosialantropologi: 250; VDP::Social science: 200::Social anthropology: 250; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040::Samisk litteratur: 053; VDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040::Sami literature: 053; Place; Indigenous literature; Sámi; Māori; Moriori; Trans-indigenous; Valkeapää; Makereti; IND-3904; Nils; Chadwick; sami; samisk
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12862

The topic of this thesis is the representation and articulation of the concept of place within Indigenous literature. A comparative analysis, exploring different Indigenous worldviews, can lend an insight into the relationship of Indigenous peoples to their land, while retaining specific and distinc...