{"id":303,"date":"2009-09-24T18:58:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T02:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/?p=303"},"modified":"2009-09-24T19:03:51","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T03:03:51","slug":"centre-for-sami-studies-dgm-module-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/2009\/09\/24\/centre-for-sami-studies-dgm-module-1-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre for S\u00e1mi Studies (DGM Module 1-5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.sami.uit.no\/indexen.html<\/a><\/p>\n

This website wasn’t quite what I expected, but it is still of interest as an artefact of cultural identity. The Centre exists as a research unit within the University of Troms\u00f8, Norway. As such, the website presentation is suitably dry and academic. In the description of the campus, I found the S\u00e1mi Cultural House to be strikingly similar to the way Laurentian University’s new Native Centre has been planned, incorporating natural building materials, natural surroundings and traditional structures (turf hut : teepee). Culturally, this centre seems to be on the outside looking in, as far as I can tell without learning to read Norwegian. Even with studies on Indigenous Policy, Rights and Development, S\u00e1mi language courses and cultural events, the centre’s activities appear to be more of a portal between S\u00e1mi and Nordic cultures than a participatory player in S\u00e1mi culture.<\/p>\n

Resources linked from this site include:<\/p>\n

Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples<\/strong>
\nfor researchers, development workers, administrators and activists.
\nRead more …<\/a><\/p>\n

Survey of Sami and Indigenous
\nResearch <\/strong><\/p>\n