• Diasporic Indigeneity and Storytelling Across Media: A Case Study of Narratives of Early Twentieth Century Sámi Immigrant Women 

      Jensen, Ellen Marie (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-05-15)
      Through a case study of narratives of five Sámi immigrant women from the Norwegian side of Sápmi, the study theorizes migration and subsequent Sámi American subjectivity through the emerging concept of diasporic indigeneity. Familial material culture and artistic and textual production are significant sites of memory and meaning-making; however, intangible cultural continuity foundationally expressed ...
    • Gendered Agency and Subjectivity in Hanna Pylväinen's "We Sinners" (2012) and North American (ex-) Laestadian Women's Life Narratives 

      Jensen, Ellen Marie (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2018-06-04)
      Despite the poly-vocal and heterogeneous gendered realities that come through in "We Sinners" and (ex-) Laestadian women's life narratives, from the perspectives of secular society and mainstream feminism, the role or place of North American Laestadian women—in the “home,” “social networks,” and “believer communities”—would likely be interpreted as laden with patriarchal oppression. This study aims ...
    • Indigenous methodologies and philosophies in Academia (with an epilogue to a trial lecture) 

      Jensen, Ellen Marie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Why should the practices of Indigenous methodologies as shaped by Indigenous epistemological and ontological perspectives be introduced into academia more fully? And tied to that: How does increased knowledge and understanding of Indigenous resistances over time fit with growing movements to engage in “truth and reconciliation” efforts in the ongoing treatment of Indigenous peoples?
    • Introduction: Research, Education, and Self-Determination in Sámi and Indigenous Journalism 

      Sara, Inker-Anni; Krøvel, Roy; Jensen, Ellen Marie; Fridman, Marina; Eira, Nils Johan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This article advances the critical importance of Indigenous journalism – both as a field and practice – for Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination. The co-authors demonstrate this through discussions of education, scholarship, and dissemination. We begin with a review of the current state of Indigenous journalism education while making a strong case for the continued development and advancement ...