"Why not let us?" : Recognition and participation of samebys in a national park project: The case of Vålådalen-Sylarna-Helags

• Main Author: Gignoux, Suzanne
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen 2017
• Subjects: conservation; Saami; sameby; Sweden; discursive institutionalism; conflict management; miljövård; same; samebyar; Sverige; diskursiv institutionalism; konflikthantering; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap; Fallet; saami
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-336510

With different interests at stake, conservation is at the centre of power relations and negotiations over how best to manage a landscape, and is thus a potential source of conflicts, not only about how to manage the land, but also more importantly about what is just. In 2008 Sweden's National P...