Ontologies of Indigeneity: the Dis-indigenization of Sámi Identity through Legal Discourse
(2016) RÄSM02 20161Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- Through government proposition 1976/77:80, Sámi people in Sweden was formally declared as indigenous people by the Swedish national parliament in 1977. Nevertheless, to this day Sámi in Sweden do not acquire indigenous rights that are conferred per international legal standard, i.e., self-determination and land rights. Historically, Swedish legislations has been refusing and prolonging Sámi people their rights. This is done by various assimilation policies as well as by categorizing them as something other than an indigenous group (dis-indigenization process). This convolution of the ontology of Sámi in Sweden is done through the discourse of laws. In this sense, the state—through its agencies—proposes a Sámi legal ontology absent of its... (More)
- Through government proposition 1976/77:80, Sámi people in Sweden was formally declared as indigenous people by the Swedish national parliament in 1977. Nevertheless, to this day Sámi in Sweden do not acquire indigenous rights that are conferred per international legal standard, i.e., self-determination and land rights. Historically, Swedish legislations has been refusing and prolonging Sámi people their rights. This is done by various assimilation policies as well as by categorizing them as something other than an indigenous group (dis-indigenization process). This convolution of the ontology of Sámi in Sweden is done through the discourse of laws. In this sense, the state—through its agencies—proposes a Sámi legal ontology absent of its indigeneity. This paper will examine such dis-indigenization process through discourse analysis with specific focus on Swedish statutory codes 2009:600 and 2009:724. (Less)
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- author
- Djuanvat, Youstbi LU
- supervisor
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- Reza Banakar LU
- organization
- course
- RÄSM02 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Sociology of Law, Legal language, Sami, Legal ontology, Indigenous identity
- language
- English
- id
- 8874719
- date added to LUP
- 2016-06-21 13:59:44
- date last changed
- 2016-10-13 14:33:05
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