Essays about: "Indigenous Identity"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 83 essays containing the words Indigenous Identity.
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21. Sámi people belong in Umeå: A qualitative research of institutions ontological security provision for the Sámi community in Umeå
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : For many years, indigeneity has been conceptualized as rural, making Indigenous communities and people in cities invisible globally. For the Sámi people, Europe’s only indigenous people, security is mainly understood as physical-centering extraction and environmental degradation. READ MORE
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22. Solidarity in decolonization : Indigenous-Environmentalist alliance and the struggle against clearcutting in Sápmi
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study concerns the alliance against clearcutting that has been formed between the Swedish environmental movement and the Sami movement. Earlier studies on environmentalist/Indigenous alliances have found that such cooperation often has been formed through reproductions of a colonial political relationship, perpetuating Indigenous peoples' structural marginality. READ MORE
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23. Does violence against land equal violence towards its people? : Understanding Sámi perspective of the land-use conflict in Gállok through Galtung´s violence triangle
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Abstract Sápmi, located in the North of Fennoscandia, including Finland, Sweden, Norway and parts of Russia, is the home of the majority of the indigenous Sámi people. With a high amount of natural resources in the shape of minerals, forests, and energy extraction, Sápmi is a place of a dispute between different actors such as the Nordic governments, corporations, locals, and Europe’s only indigenous people, the Sámis. READ MORE
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24. Decolonising Health Promotion in an Indigenous Context : Deadly Choices Using a Strengths-Based Approach to Empower Indigenous People to Become Health Promoters Themselves
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This Degree Project studies health promotion and strengths-based approaches in an Indigenous Australian context. The study focuses on an Indigenous Australian organisation called the Deadly Choices and their health-related promotion. READ MORE
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25. Home Away from Home : A comparative study on identity, collective memory and integration with first and second-generation Assyrians in Sweden
University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : This study is about the first and second generation Assyrians in Sweden. It aims to understand what shapes their identity, and how they integrate in their host country Sweden. Previous studies have looked into the transformation of ethnic identity and integration of Assyrians in Sweden and the role that the collective memory plays. READ MORE
