The Char and the Oystercatcher. The Value of the Wild in Rossfjord, North Norway

• Published in: Ethnos
• Main Author: Olsen, Bror R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Humanities: 000::The study of folklore; Ethnology: 100::Ethnology: 102; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Folkloristikk; etnologi: 100::Etnologi: 102; Arctic; Norway; Rossfjord; North Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21962; https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2021.1924815

This ethnographic study explores and compares the relationships that locals in Rossfjord, North Norway, have to the oystercatcher and the sea-going Arctic char respectively. Both these animals are highly valued locally, while the valuations at first look very different. The oystercatcher is protecte...