Stories of reconciliation enacted in the everyday lives of Sámi tourism entrepreneurs
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26898Dato
2020-04-23Type
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Reconciliation has gained political interest in Norway, where a
commission was established in 2018 to investigate the injustices
committed in the past towards the Sámi and Kven. In this
article, we argue that reconciliation can also be found in the small
stories and events enacted in everyday life. Our analyses are based
on a collaboration with a Sámi reindeer herding family who,
through objects, food and tales, invite visitors to get “A taste of
Sápmi”. Through storytelling events, they bring the colonial
past into the present. In communicating that “nature is our
culture”, these events have become a way to explore and express
the interdependency between Sámi practices and landscape. We
seek to explore how the act of telling locally embedded stories
enables the Sámi entrepreneurs to reconcile with their colonial
past. The storytelling events also offer a space for engagement in
which visitors can reconcile with their own participation in these
encounters.
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RoutledgeSitering
Kramvig, Førde. Stories of reconciliation enacted in the everyday lives of Sámi tourism entrepreneurs. Acta Borealia. 2020;37:27-42Metadata
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