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1. 1. Representation Construction of Indigeneity by State vs Sámi Governments : Communicating Indigeneity through Official Government Discourse in Norway and Sweden

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Elisabeth Hasselström; [2022]
   Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Indigenous peoples; Official Documents; Political Discourse; Representation; Communication; Government; Sweden Norway;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the representation of the Sámi population as constructed in the official political discourses of the Swedish and Norwegian Governments and the Sámi Parliaments. As Sámi policies and Sámi political action have historically been limited by the dominating postcolonial conception of the Sámi by the nation-state, this thesis evaluates how the Governments of Sweden and Norway construct a representation of the Sámi in comparison to the representation offered by elected Sámi representatives to ascertain how the sociohistorical perspectives of the majority population reflect the conception of the Sámi population today. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable environmental vs. sustainable social development : Tendencies of carbon colonialism and green authoritarianism when implementing renewable energy strategies on indigenous peoples’ territories

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Religionsvetenskap

   Author : Jonas Bergman; [2020]
   Keywords : Indigenous peoples; renewable energy; ILO 169; UNDRIP; Sami people; wind power;

   Abstract : The intention with this essay is to illustrate the conflicts that might occur when states implement renewable energy strategies on lands that have traditionally belonged to indigenous peoples. To do so I have analysed case studies from Sweden as well as Latin America regarding renewable energy projects in areas that could be claimed to belong to indigenous groups and compared the conclusions from these studies to what the existing legal framework on the topic of the rights of indigenous peoples dictates. READ MORE

4. 3. Indigenous Peoples and Internal Displacement: A Legal No Man's Land?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Jack Musgrave; [2020]
   Keywords : Indigenous peoples; human rights; internal displacement; Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; UNDRIP; ILO Convention no. 169; Colombia; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : “Cultural identity is closely linked to their ancestral lands. If they are deprived of them, by means of forced displacement, it seriously affects their cultural identity, and finally, their very right to life lato sensu... READ MORE

5. 4. Implications for Sami Rights if Sweden Ratified ILO Convention No. 169

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Maja Perdegård; [2019]
   Keywords : ILO; International Labour Organization; Convention No. 169; Indigenous Peoples; Sami; Reindeer Herding; Reindeer Husbandry; Sami Parliament; Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Sweden has received substantial criticism from several international organs on how the Sami people is treated. These international organs often recommend Sweden to ratify ILO Convention No. 169, which is the only instrument concerning indigenous peoples specifically which is open for ratification today. READ MORE

6. 5. Discourses of Sami rights in the public debate of Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Frida Olofsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Sami rights; Indigenous people; Sami people; critical discourse analysis;

   Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats var att studera hur urfolket Samernas rättigheter var beskrivna i den offentliga debatten i Sverige genom att analyser svenska artiklar. Under studien, olika konstruktioner av samiska rättigheter hittades, vilka har blivit analyserade genom metoden kritisk diskurs analys, specifikt den tre dimensionella modellen av Norman Fairclough. READ MORE