A Sporting Nation: Creating Sámi Identity through Sport
Sport and identity are closely interrelated; sport creates identity and identity creates sport. This is also the case in the development of Sámi sport, as the Indigenous Sámi population in the north of Finland, Sweden and Norway has used sport to contribute to (re)building Sámi identity for over 40...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/23489 2023-05-15T18:06:18+02:00 A Sporting Nation: Creating Sámi Identity through Sport Pedersen, Helge Christian 2021-11-24 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23489 https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2021.2002302 eng eng Taylor & Francis International Journal of the History of Sport Pedersen. A Sporting Nation: Creating Sámi Identity through Sport. International Journal of the History of Sport. 2021 FRIDAID 1959562 doi:10.1080/09523367.2021.2002302 0952-3367 1743-9035 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23489 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070 VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070 Fotball / Football Identitet / Identity Idrett / Ahtletics Sports Samisk kultur og samfunnsfag / Sami cultural and social science Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2021.2002302 2021-12-22T23:55:52Z Sport and identity are closely interrelated; sport creates identity and identity creates sport. This is also the case in the development of Sámi sport, as the Indigenous Sámi population in the north of Finland, Sweden and Norway has used sport to contribute to (re)building Sámi identity for over 40 years. This sporting identity has been based on an essentialized past, portraying Sámi culture and identity as being indistinguishably linked to Sámi reindeer husbandry culture. By deploying sports such as reindeer racing, lasso throwing and cross-country skiing, the Sámi sport association has painted a picture of Sáminess as a unique identity distinctly different from Norwegian culture and identity. Gayatri Spivak uses the term strategic essentialism to explain how Indigenous people and minority groups can create and use specific historical traits and traditions in their political struggle for recognition and self-respect. Sámi sport is an example of Spivak’s theory – the Sámi sports movement has been deployed to create greater self-esteem amongst the Sámi and to promote greater political rights. The Sámi sport movement has developed a Sámi sporting identity across (at least) three intertwined dimensions: an ethnic identity dimension, a national identity dimension and an indigenous identity dimension. Article in Journal/Newspaper reindeer husbandry sami sami Sámi samisk University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway The International Journal of the History of Sport 38 12 1210 1227 |
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Sport and identity are closely interrelated; sport creates identity and identity creates sport. This is also the case in the development of Sámi sport, as the Indigenous Sámi population in the north of Finland, Sweden and Norway has used sport to contribute to (re)building Sámi identity for over 40 years. This sporting identity has been based on an essentialized past, portraying Sámi culture and identity as being indistinguishably linked to Sámi reindeer husbandry culture. By deploying sports such as reindeer racing, lasso throwing and cross-country skiing, the Sámi sport association has painted a picture of Sáminess as a unique identity distinctly different from Norwegian culture and identity. Gayatri Spivak uses the term strategic essentialism to explain how Indigenous people and minority groups can create and use specific historical traits and traditions in their political struggle for recognition and self-respect. Sámi sport is an example of Spivak’s theory – the Sámi sports movement has been deployed to create greater self-esteem amongst the Sámi and to promote greater political rights. The Sámi sport movement has developed a Sámi sporting identity across (at least) three intertwined dimensions: an ethnic identity dimension, a national identity dimension and an indigenous identity dimension. |
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A Sporting Nation: Creating Sámi Identity through Sport |
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A Sporting Nation: Creating Sámi Identity through Sport |
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