Il popolo indigeno dei Sami e la loro conoscenza ecologica tradizionale: difficoltà e lezioni da imparare nel XXI secolo

Translated title of the contribution: The Sami Indigenous People and their Traditional Ecological Knowledge: : difficulties and lessons to learn in the 21st century

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Abstract

This article concerns the Arctic Indigenous cultures, and it focuses particularly on Sami Indigenous people, which is the only people officially recognized as such in the European Union. It continues presenting the Sami land, located in the extreme European North and in the North-West of the Russian Federation, and its significance for Sami people due to the deep connection with their traditional livelihood practices such as reindeer herding and salmon fishing. This article emphasizes the Sami traditional ecological knowledge, its controversial relation with the academic knowledge and the official science, as well as the neo-colonial critique which highlights the discrimination of non-academic body of knowledge such as the Sami traditional ecological knowledge.

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(In Italiano)
Questo articolo concerne le culture indigene dell’Artico, ma si focalizza soprattutto sul popolo dei Sámi, l’unico popolo indigeno ufficialmente riconosciuto come tale nell’Unione Europea. L’articolo continua esplorando il territorio Sámi, situato nell’estremo nord europeo e nel nord-ovest della Federazione Russa, e la sua connessione con la cultura Sámi perchè strettamente legato alle loro pratiche di sostentamento tradizionali, quali l’allevamento semi-nomade delle renne e la pesca del salmone. Questo articolo pone inoltre particolare attenzione alla conoscenza ecologica tradizionale Sámi, al rapporto conflittuale di questo corpo di conoscenze con il sapere accademico convenzionale e soprattutto mette in rilevo la critica neocoloniale che evidenzia discriminazioni del sapere non-accademico ufficiale, come la conoscenza ecologica tradizionale Sámi.
Translated title of the contributionThe Sami Indigenous People and their Traditional Ecological Knowledge: : difficulties and lessons to learn in the 21st century
Original languageItalian
JournalNordicum - Mediterraneum
Volume16
Issue number4
Number of pages14
ISSN1670-6242
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jan 2022
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

  • 6160 Other humanities
  • Sámi
  • Indigenous people
  • Traditional ecological knowledge
  • Indigenous traditional livelihood practices
  • Sápmi, Lapland
  • neo-colonial critique

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