An Urban Future for Sápmi?

Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic States and Russia

Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Astri Dankertsen, Marte Winsvold

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781800732643
• eBook ISBN: 9781800732650
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Cultural & Social Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

Presenting the political and cultural processes that occur within the indigenous Sámi people of North Europe as they undergo urbanization, this book examines how they have retained their sense of history and culture in this new setting. The book presents data and analysis on subjects such as indigenous urbanization history, urban indigenous identity issues, urban indigenous youth, and the governance of urban "spaces" for indigenous culture and community. The book is written by a team of researchers, mostly Sámi, from all the countries covered in the book.

Table of contents

• AN URBAN FUTURE FOR SÁPMI?
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Preface
• Introduction — Indigenousness and Urbanization
• Chapter 1 — The Sámi and Sápmi: The People and the Land
• Chapter 2 — Cities in Sápmi, Sámi in the Cities: Indigenous Urbanization in the Nordic Countries and Russia
• Chapter 3 — Young City Sámi in Norway and Sweden: Making Space for Urban Indigenous Identities
• Chapter 4 — Urban Indigenous Organizing and Institution-Building in Norway and Russia: By and For Whom?
• Chapter 5 — Sámi Urbanization in the Global Currents of Indigenous Urbanization
• Conclusion — An Urban Future for Sápmi?
• Appendix A — Toponyms in Sámi Languages and Other Languages
• Appendix B — Cyrillic–Latin Transliteration System
• Index