Identitet, skog, fjäll och ren i Härjedalen : ur ett samiskt perspektiv

This paper examines how nature is understood in the province of Härjedalen by the sami population of the area, through interviews with three informers and photographs taken by the author. Pictures and answers point in the direction that much of nature is understood through the reindeer, the most im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Björk, Inga
Format: Bachelor Thesis
Language:Swedish
Published: Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap 2008
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1853
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Summary:This paper examines how nature is understood in the province of Härjedalen by the sami population of the area, through interviews with three informers and photographs taken by the author. Pictures and answers point in the direction that much of nature is understood through the reindeer, the most important key symbol of the reindeer herding part of the sami people and their kin.