Industrial development in the North - Sámi interests squeezed between globalization and tradition

• Published in: Acta Borealia
• Main Authors: Angell, Elisabeth, Nygaard, Vigdis, Selle, Per
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Social science: 200; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200; Kvalsund; Norway; Nussir; Acta Borealia; Finnmark; North Sámi; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22891; https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2020.1751995

In this article, we analyse tensions in Sámi local communities meeting new industrial development. Indigenous communities experience outmigration and are in need of new business development and employment. Global extractive companies may offer new jobs, but the type and scale of these jobs put press...