Indigenous religion(s) – in the making and on the move: Sámi activism from Alta to Standing Rock
This chapter explores the shift to ‘indigeneity’ and ‘indigenous religion’ among the Sámi, through a focus on Sámi activism at Alta (1979–1981, concerning a proposed power plant) and Standing Rock (2016–2017, concerning a proposed pipeline). It is based on a combination of multi-sited fieldwork, int...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/21605 2023-05-15T18:14:50+02:00 Indigenous religion(s) – in the making and on the move: Sámi activism from Alta to Standing Rock Kraft, Siv Ellen 2020-06-26 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21605 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021513 eng eng Taylor & Francis Kraft: Indigenous religion(s) – in the making and on the move: Sámi activism from Alta to Standing Rock. In: Kraft S, Tafjord BO, Longkumer A, Alles GD, Johnson GB. Indigenous Religion(s): Local Grounds, Global Networks, 2020. Routledge FRIDAID 1819745 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021513 9780367898557 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21605 openAccess Copyright 2020 The Author(s) VDP::Humanities: 000 VDP::Humaniora: 000 Chapter Bokkapittel publishedVersion 2020 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021513 2021-06-30T22:52:36Z This chapter explores the shift to ‘indigeneity’ and ‘indigenous religion’ among the Sámi, through a focus on Sámi activism at Alta (1979–1981, concerning a proposed power plant) and Standing Rock (2016–2017, concerning a proposed pipeline). It is based on a combination of multi-sited fieldwork, interviews and textual sources, and proceeds along the lines of ‘light comparison’, inspired partly by the comparative logic of indigeneity and indigenous religion. Kraft’s comparison is ‘light’ in the sense of few cases, contextually rich descriptions, and a primarily inductive and explorative approach. While partial, limited and centred on a few of the thousands of people involved in the protests this design provides windows into the broader stories to which the cases belong, across the 50-year timeline that separates them, and in different parts of an increasingly connected indigenous geography. It enables a comparative approach to indigenous religion as it has emerged and developed in Sámi contexts, across time, and the ways in which contexts shape performances and translations. Book Part Sámi University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Alta London |
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This chapter explores the shift to ‘indigeneity’ and ‘indigenous religion’ among the Sámi, through a focus on Sámi activism at Alta (1979–1981, concerning a proposed power plant) and Standing Rock (2016–2017, concerning a proposed pipeline). It is based on a combination of multi-sited fieldwork, interviews and textual sources, and proceeds along the lines of ‘light comparison’, inspired partly by the comparative logic of indigeneity and indigenous religion. Kraft’s comparison is ‘light’ in the sense of few cases, contextually rich descriptions, and a primarily inductive and explorative approach. While partial, limited and centred on a few of the thousands of people involved in the protests this design provides windows into the broader stories to which the cases belong, across the 50-year timeline that separates them, and in different parts of an increasingly connected indigenous geography. It enables a comparative approach to indigenous religion as it has emerged and developed in Sámi contexts, across time, and the ways in which contexts shape performances and translations. |
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Kraft: Indigenous religion(s) – in the making and on the move: Sámi activism from Alta to Standing Rock. In: Kraft S, Tafjord BO, Longkumer A, Alles GD, Johnson GB. Indigenous Religion(s): Local Grounds, Global Networks, 2020. Routledge FRIDAID 1819745 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021513 9780367898557 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21605 |
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