When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter
This article analyses the change of articulation of ethnic boundaries on the coastline and the fjord areas in Finnmark, Northern Norway in the post-World War II period. From being a ‘social stigma’ in the 1950s a Sámi identity is today something that can be expressed in certain cultural constructed...
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| description | This article analyses the change of articulation of ethnic boundaries on the coastline and the fjord areas in Finnmark, Northern Norway in the post-World War II period. From being a ‘social stigma’ in the 1950s a Sámi identity is today something that can be expressed in certain cultural constructed spaces. This change can be described as a result of socio-economic changes in the region, the populations’ firmer integration in a Norwegian culture and the ethno-political struggle of some Sámi that corresponded with a general development in the view on indigenous people in the Western world. Even if great changes have occurred there are still some resemblances with ethnic processes 50 years ago. A spatial ordering of ethnic boundaries and pragmatic assumption of Norwegian culture being neutral norm are among those features perpetuated until today. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-157c3f0f88924685b42e5c785f684bed2025-02-02T19:48:18ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872011-03-0111-2759947When Ethnic Identity is a Private MatterKjell Olsen0Finnmark University CollegeThis article analyses the change of articulation of ethnic boundaries on the coastline and the fjord areas in Finnmark, Northern Norway in the post-World War II period. From being a ‘social stigma’ in the 1950s a Sámi identity is today something that can be expressed in certain cultural constructed spaces. This change can be described as a result of socio-economic changes in the region, the populations’ firmer integration in a Norwegian culture and the ethno-political struggle of some Sámi that corresponded with a general development in the view on indigenous people in the Western world. Even if great changes have occurred there are still some resemblances with ethnic processes 50 years ago. A spatial ordering of ethnic boundaries and pragmatic assumption of Norwegian culture being neutral norm are among those features perpetuated until today.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/47Sámiethnic boundariesidentitycultural spaces |
| spellingShingle | Kjell Olsen When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics Sámi ethnic boundaries identity cultural spaces |
| title | When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter |
| title_full | When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter |
| title_fullStr | When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter |
| title_full_unstemmed | When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter |
| title_short | When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter |
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| topic | Sámi ethnic boundaries identity cultural spaces |
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