Managing Laponia : A World Heritage Site as Arena for Sami Ethno-Politics in Sweden

• Main Author: Green, Carina
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi 2009
• Subjects: Laponia; World Heritage; Swedish Sami; ethnic mobilization; articulation; indigeneity; nature conservation management; Ethnology; Etnologi; Sarek; Stora Sjöfallet; Northern Sweden; sami
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-110256

This study deals with the implications of implementing the World Heritage site of Laponia in northern Sweden. Laponia, consisting of previously well-known national parks such as Stora Sjöfallet and Sarek, obtained its World Heritage status in 1996. Both the biological and geological significance of...