''Don’t Wake the Rávga of Repparfjord'': Sámi Storytelling to Discuss Nussir ASA’s Mining Waste Disposal

• Main Author: Tsiouvalas, Apostolos
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340; VDP::Humanities: 000::The study of folklore; Ethnology: 100; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Folkloristikk; etnologi: 100; VDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340::Environmental law: 347; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340::Miljørett: 347; IND-3904; Arctic; Copper Mine; Kvalsund; Nussir; Repparfjord; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18683

Over the last few decades, mineral resource extraction has been rapidly growing in the Arctic, often taking place within indigenous territories. One of the most controversial project developments in Northern Fennoscandia is the Nussir copper mine. Since its conception, the project has faced oppositi...