Var dag en kamp för skogssamisk framtid : Ett (drygt) år med Henrik Andersson,renskötare i Gällivare skogssameby

• Main Authors: Andersson, Henrik, Öhman, May-Britt
• Format: Book Part
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Centrum för genusvetenskap 2017
• Subjects: Technoscience; Sámi; Saami Indigenous studies; Indigenous Methodologies; Decolonization; Reindeer herding; Engineering and Technology; Teknik och teknologier; Humanities; Humaniora; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap; Gällivare; Landsand; Verka; saami
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-317790

Every day struggles for Forest Sámi futures: A year with Henrik Andersson, reindeer herder in GällivareForest Sámi villageAt the UPPSAM spring symposium 2014 Henrik Andersson, reindeer herder in Gällivare Forest Sámi village(sameby), participated and presented along with film maker Petri Storlöpare the documentary “The LastGeneration?”. The film follows Henrik during a year 2012–2013, when he decided to live according to oldertradition. Henrik Andersson is besides working for the maintaining of Forest Sámi tradition and handicraftalso a frequent writer on Facebook and he is actively pursuing different issues of importance for the preservationof Sámi lands and waters for current reindeer herding and for future generations. May-Britt Öhmanhas with the approval of Henrik selected among his many Facebook updates over a year, starting fromJuly 7, 2014 until September 4, 2015. [facebook.com/henrik.andersson.982] The content in the updates isall from every day reflections, happy moments, to critique against the destructive exploitations of Sámi landsand waters. One recurrent theme is the struggle to safeguard reindeer grazing, calving and migration landsagainst wind power exploitations, at the moment pursued by the company Vasavind and also the state powercompany Vattenfall, on the lands of Gällivare forest Sámi village. The updates are most of the time written oncellphone and some smaller editing has been made for enhanced legibility. However, most of the text is thesame version as is available on Henrik’s open Facebook wall. The updates follows Facebook chronology,meaning that the latest are the first. Vid UPPSAMs vårsymposium 2014 deltog Henrik Andersson, renskötare i Gällivare skogssameby, och presenteradeoch diskuterade tillsammans med Petri Storlöpare dokumentärfilmen ”Den Sista Generationen?”där Henriks projekt att under ett år, 2012–2014, leva på traditionellt sätt följdes av Petris kamera. HenrikAndersson är förutom att verka för skogssamiska tradition och hantverk också en flitig skribent på ...