This paper presents data collection and collaborative community events organised within the DigiSami project concerning the North Sami language. The DigiSami project is one of the collaboration initiatives on endangered Finno-Ugric languages, supported by the larger framework between the Academy of Finland and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The goal […]
2014 • collaboration • community • endangered language • minority language • Sámi • technologyFrom the Árran to the Internet: Sami Storytelling in Digital Environments
This essay investigates the use of storytelling in the process of cultural and linguistic revitalization through specific contemporary examples drawn from the Internet. By examining instances of adaptation of Sami tales and legends to digital environments, I discuss new premises and challenges for the emergence of such narratives. In particular, […]
2013 • culture | preservation • indigenous communities • internet • language | preservation • revitalization • Sámi • storytellingIndigenous Rights and Social Media – a Sámi example
This blog post discusses indigenous uses of social media with the example of resistance against exploitation of the land and its raw materials in Swedish Sápmi – the cultural homeland of the Sámi, indigenous people of Europe. A growing conflict in Gállok was in the news in the summer of […]
2013 • Gállok • human rights • indigenous communities • mining • Sámi • social mediaChallenging Traditions: Sámi Folklore and Internet (Coppélie Cocq’s blog)
Introduction From the website: My name is Coppélie Cocq. I grew up in France (Flanders) and moved to Umeå, Sweden in 1997. I have a PhD in Sámi Studies from Umeå University, and my research interests are Storytelling, Folklore and Minority Studies. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in digital […]
digital humanities • folklore • identity • Internet use • research • Sámi • storytellingUse of Internet Communication Among the Sami People
The Saemieh, hereafter referred as to as Sami, are the indigenous population of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Although Samis are best known for their reindeer husbandry, a large number of Samis lived in a hunter-gather economy until the 16th century. The Samis are […]
1997 • Finland • Internet use • Russia • Sámi