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dc.contributor.authorSpangen, Marte
dc.contributor.authorÄikäs, Tiina
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-30T06:23:37Z
dc.date.available2020-06-30T06:23:37Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-27
dc.description.abstractAbstract: This study focuses on the contemporary use of two well-known Sámi offering sites in Alta, Finnmark, Norway. Today, these are hiking destinations and sightseeing points for both the Sámi and the non-Sámi local population, as well as a few non-local visitors. Many of these visitors leave objects at the sites, such as parts of recently slaughtered reindeer, clothing, coins, toys, sweet wrappers and toilet paper. This indicates that visitors have different levels of knowledge about and reverence for the traditional significance of these places. Through repeated surveys over several years, we also observed a certain development and change in the number and character of these depositions, as well as a variation in depositions between different sites. A series of interviews with various users and key stakeholders were performed to clarify the reasons for these changing practices, as well as what individuals and groups visit these sites, their motivation for doing so and for leaving specific objects, and what potential conflict of interest there is between different users. Furthermore, we surveyed what information has been available to the public about these sites and their significance in Sámi religion and cultural history over time. The results show that a diverse group of individuals visit the sites for a variety of reasons, and that there are contrasting views on their use, even among different Sámi stakeholders. While it is diffcult to limit the knowledge and use of these places because they are already well known, more information about old Sámi ritual practices and appropriate behaviour at such sites may mediate latent conflicts and promote a better understanding of the importance of offering sites in both past and present Sámi societies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSpangen MS, Äikäs T. Sacred Nature. Diverging Use and Understanding of Old Sámi Offering Sites in Alta, Northern Norway. Religions. 2020en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1817484
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/rel11070317
dc.identifier.issn2077-1444
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/18696
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.journalReligions
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Theology and religious science: 150en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Teologi og religionsvitenskap: 150en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070en_US
dc.titleSacred Nature. Diverging Use and Understanding of Old Sámi Offering Sites in Alta, Northern Norwayen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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