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SOA-1006: Arctic Norway - aspects of culture Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally first or second year. | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Autumn | Objectives
The purpose of the anthropological part of the Arctic Norway course programme is to introduce students to the region''s cultural complexity. The purpose is also to supply students with some analytical tools that will assist them in understanding how cultural similarities and differences relate to ethnic relations in the area. | Contents
The anthropological perspective focuses on the region''s interethnic dynamics as they unfold between peoples of Saami, Norwegian and Finnish origins. It relates historical processes of mutual adaptations, as well a changing governmental policies, to the present manifestations of cultural variations and ethnic revitalisation. After a period of governmentally enforces assimilation of the Saami to the Norwegian majority, the cultural and ethnic revitalisation now taking place signifies a major change in ethnic relationships in the North. Other debates are also taking place, focusing on the region''s cultural characteristics as well as its economic and political position within the nation-state''s imagery. The course provides an understanding of cultural aspects of regional and ethnic identity vis-á-vis the encompassing nation state and globalisation processes. | Form of teaching
Lectures, seminars and a visit to the two Saami exhibitions at Tromsø Museum. | Exam and assessment
One essay early in the term and one final exam essay. Both with a given title and a writing period of one week.
Grading scale on term essay: passed/not passed.
Grading scale on exam essay A to E for passed, and F for failed/not passed. | Contact person/lecturer
Mayvi Johansen | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Homepage
http://uit.no/antropologi/2111/25
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http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?year=2006&department=ALLE&module=SOA-1006-1 |
Teaching autumn 2006
First meeting: August 24th 14:15 - 16:00 pm, room 5.402 in Teorifagbygget, (house 5, forth floor, eastern wing).
Welcome!
| | Exam | First writing periode: September 25 - October 2. The text is handed out in the general office/ekspedisjon for ISA/IPS in Teorifagbygget, house 5, sixth floor, September 25 .
The essay should be handed in no later than 14:00 pm, October 2
Obligatory oral feedback on written essay October 10., 11. and 12.
Home written examination.
Writing period: December 4 - 11.
The text is handed out in the general office/ekspedisjon for ISA/IPS in Teorifagbygget, house 5, sixth floor, December 4.
The exam paper should be handed in no later than 14:00 pm, December 11.
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Utfyllende informasjon
Outline for lecturesOutline for subject and literature for each lecture
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Feedback on essayObligatory oral feedback on written essay October 10., 11. and 12.
More information for when you can meet your subject teacher and get response on your written essay will be put on the notice board by the lecture room. Obligatory. Note that you need to meet the teacher and get feedback on your essay in order to pass it and qualify for the final exam.
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Syllabus
Reading list
Anttonen, Marjut 1998, “The dilemma of some present-day Norwegians with Finnish-speaking ancestry.” Acta Borealia, vol. 15/1: 43-58. (15 p.)
Bjerkli, B. (2003): People-nature relations: Local ethos and ethnic consciousness. I Roepstorff, A., N. Bubandt & K. Kull (eds.):Imagining nature. Practices of cosmology and identity, Århus, Aarhus University Press. (21 s.)
Bjørklund, Ivar 1990, "Sami reindeer pastoralism as an indigenous resource management system in Northern Norway: A contribution to the common property debate." Development and Change, no. 21: 75-86. (11 p.)
Eidheim, Harald 1971, "When ethnic identity is a social stigma." In Eidheim, H. Aspects of the Lappish Minority Situation. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (17 p.)
Eidheim, Harald 1997, “Ethno-political development among the Sami after World War II: The invention of selfhood.” In Gaski, H. Sami Culture in a New Era. The Norwegian Sami Experience. Karasjok: Davvi Girji OS. (33 p.)
Eythorsson, Einar (2003), The coastal Sami: a ‘Pariah Caste’ of the Norwegian Fiheries? A reflection on Ethnicity and Power in Norwegian Resource Management. In Jentoft, Minde and Nilsen, Indigenous peoples. Resource Management and Global rights. Delft: Eburon. (14s.)
Jenkins, Richard (1997), Rethinking Ethnicity. Arguments and Explorations. London: SAGE Publications. Chapters 1-6, Arguments.(87 p.)
Kalland, Arne 1995, "Marine mammals in the culture of Norwegian coastal communities." In Blix, A.S., L. Walløe and Ø. Ulltang (eds.), Whales, seals, fish and man. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (8 p.)
Kalstad, J.K.H. 1997, “Aspects of managing renewable resources in Sami areas in Norway”. In Gaski, H. Sami Culture in a New Era. The Norwegian Sami Experience. Karasjok: Davvi Girji OS. (18 p.)
Kalstad, J.K.H. and Viken, A, 1996, “Sami tourism – Traditional Knowledge Challenged by Modernity”. In Helander, E., Awakened Voices. The return of Sami Knowledge. Diedut 1996:4, Nordic Sami Institute, Kautokeino, Norge (13 p.)
Minde, Henry 1998, "Constructing 'Læstadianism': A Case for Sami Survival?" Acta Borealia, vol. 15/1: 5-25. (20 p.)
Minde, Henry 2003, "Norwegianization of the Samis – implementation and con-sequences." Acta Borealia, vol. 20. (20 p.)
Niemi, Einar 1997, “Sami history and athe frontier myth: A perspective on the northern Sami spatial and rights history”. In Gaski, H. Sami Culture in a New Era. The Norwegian Sami Experience. Karasjok: Davvi Girji OS. (24 p.)
Olsen, Kjell 2003, "The touristic construction of the “emblematic” Saami." Acta Borealia, vol. 20/1. (17 p.)
Paine, Robert 1991, "The claim of aboriginality: Saami in Norway." In Grønhaug, R. et al. (eds.), The Ecology of Choice and Symbol. Essays in Honour of Fredrik Barth. Bergen: Alma Mater. (17 p.)
Stordahl, Vigdis 1997, "Sami Generations", in Gaski, Harald (ed.), Sami Culture in a New Era. The Norwegian Sami Experience. Kárásjohka: Davvi Girji OS. (11 p.)
Thuen, Trond 1995, Quest for Equity. Norway and the Saami Challenge. St. John's: ISER Books. (240 p.)
Thuen, Trond 2002a, "In search of space: Challenges in Saami ethnopolitics in Norway 1979-2000", in Karppi, K. and J. Eriksson (eds.), Conflict and coop-eration in the North. Umeå: Norrlands Universitetsförlag. (17 p.)
Thuen, Trond 2002b, "Cultural policies on the North Calotte". Acta Borealia, vol. 19/2: 147-164. (17 p.)
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