Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture
This article analyses the role of material culture in the enforcing of a colonial order in early modern Sápmi (Land of the Sámi, the indigenous people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia). In addition, the article focuses on the unequal power relations created throug...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-334916 2023-05-15T17:05:00+02:00 Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture Nordin, Jonas M. Ojala, Carl-Gösta 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334916 https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517741663 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Arkeologi Historiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden Journal of material culture, 1359-1835, 2018, 23:1, s. 58-82 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334916 doi:10.1177/1359183517741663 ISI:000429879600004 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 17th century ceremonial drums collecting collections colonialism Sámi Sápmi Sweden material culture cultural heritage representation cultural appropriation Johannes Schefferus Royal Armoury 1600-tal samiska trummor insamling samlingar kolonialism Samisk samer Sverige materiell kultur kulturarv kulturell appropriering Livrustkammaren Archaeology Arkeologi Article, review/survey info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2018 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517741663 2023-02-23T21:48:05Z This article analyses the role of material culture in the enforcing of a colonial order in early modern Sápmi (Land of the Sámi, the indigenous people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia). In addition, the article focuses on the unequal power relations created through the collecting and cultural appropriation of Sámi objects. The 17th century saw a rapid growth of interest in the Sámi and their material culture. Clothing, sledges, ceremonial drums and other objects were collected for royal and noble courts of Europe, as well as for scholars and other collectors. This Eurocentric process of constructing Sáminess was concurrent with colonial attitudes towards non-European peoples. Empirically, the article explores the collecting of Sámi objects, clothes and religious/sacred material culture such as ceremonial drums and sieidis, as well as models and mannequins, and their role in the colonial rule and imperial representations of Sápmi. Collecting Sápmi: Early Modern Globalization of Sámi Material Culture and Sámi Cultural Heritage Today Article in Journal/Newspaper kola peninsula Northern Norway Sámi samisk Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) Kola Peninsula Norway Journal of Material Culture 23 1 58 82 |
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17th century ceremonial drums collecting collections colonialism Sámi Sápmi Sweden material culture cultural heritage representation cultural appropriation Johannes Schefferus Royal Armoury 1600-tal samiska trummor insamling samlingar kolonialism Samisk samer Sverige materiell kultur kulturarv kulturell appropriering Livrustkammaren Archaeology Arkeologi Nordin, Jonas M. Ojala, Carl-Gösta Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture |
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This article analyses the role of material culture in the enforcing of a colonial order in early modern Sápmi (Land of the Sámi, the indigenous people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia). In addition, the article focuses on the unequal power relations created through the collecting and cultural appropriation of Sámi objects. The 17th century saw a rapid growth of interest in the Sámi and their material culture. Clothing, sledges, ceremonial drums and other objects were collected for royal and noble courts of Europe, as well as for scholars and other collectors. This Eurocentric process of constructing Sáminess was concurrent with colonial attitudes towards non-European peoples. Empirically, the article explores the collecting of Sámi objects, clothes and religious/sacred material culture such as ceremonial drums and sieidis, as well as models and mannequins, and their role in the colonial rule and imperial representations of Sápmi. Collecting Sápmi: Early Modern Globalization of Sámi Material Culture and Sámi Cultural Heritage Today |
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Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture |
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Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture |
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Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture |
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Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture |
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Collecting, Connecting, Constructing : Early modern commodification and globalization of Sámi material culture |
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collecting, connecting, constructing : early modern commodification and globalization of sámi material culture |
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