Sámi media and indigenous agency in the Arctic north / Coppélie Cocq and Thomas A. DuBois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cocq, Coppélie, author.

DuBois, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1960- author.

Series:

New directions in Scandinavian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sami and mass media--Scandinavia.

Sami and mass media.

Sami (European people) in mass media.

Internet and Indigenous peoples--Scandinavia.

Internet and Indigenous peoples.

Digital media--Social aspects--Scandinavia.

Digital media.

Mass media and culture--Scandinavia.

Mass media and culture.

Digital media--Social aspects.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

xii, 334 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Digital media, GIFs, films, TED Talks, tweets and more, have become an integral part of daily life and, unsurprisingly, indigenous people's strategies for addressing the historical and ongoing effects of colonization. Thomas DuBois and Coppélie Cocq consider how Sa'mi (formerly called Lapp) people of Norway, Finland and Sweden have become expert at using digital media for personal and communal activism. Grounding their analysis in the 'creative image making' Sa'mi songwriters and poets employed in the 1970s A'ltta' dam protests, the authors examine contemporary efforts, from a singer creating YouTube music videos that combine rock music and joik (a traditional Sa'mi musical genre) to anonymous activist groups sharing images of James Bond in Sa'mi ga'kti (Sa'mi traditional dress) via Facebook. They demonstrate how these artists and activists stitch together indigenous and global symbols to create decolonizing works that invite Sa'mi across Scandinavia into greater engagement with their natal culture while simultaneously convincing a global non-Sa'mi audience of Sa'mi resilience, continuity and inherent right to self-determination"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Arvi

Åppas : fresh snow

Doalli : a strategy develops

Tjïekere : the recovery of Sa'mi continuity

Sijvo : the momentum underway

Rahte : contextualizing Sa'mi uses of digital media

Sa'llat : new tracks

Ruövddietjarvva : beyond the World Wide Web

Conclusion: Fiehta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: DuBois, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1960-. Sámi media and indigenous agency in the Arctic north.

ISBN:

9780295746623

0295746629

9780295746609

0295746602

OCLC:

1135238087