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Ecosocial Autonomy as an Educational Ideal
No full textAutonomy – or rational self-control – is not only fashionable as an educational ideal, but also in present-day economics, ethics, and society in general. However, the concept of traditional autonomy is problematic because it privileges humans and treats the rest of nature primarily as resources fit only for human exploitation. This anthropocentrism has led human beings to see themselves as superior to nature and separate. Ecosocial autonomy is an attempt to redress the balance, by contextualising autonomy so it incorporates the idea of self-control, while taking into account the impact of humankind on our surrounding ecosystems. Our formulation of ecosocial autonomy is an extension of relational autonomy – based mainly on ecological, ecosocial, and ecofeminist ideas. Ecosocial autonomy is thus contextualized within a multispecies society which includes our interdependencies with other living creatures. Whereas the individualist idea of autonomy suggests a human being owes nothing to society, ecosocial autonomy acknowledges the need to cultivate aspects of self-sufficiency that combine reason, emotional maturity, and will. A competitive society presupposes individual autonomy and the need to defend oneself. Ecosocial autonomy advocates a form of social interaction that diverts the human energy misspent on individual competition to mutually beneficial collaboration
A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies
No full textResearchers have often seen Sami bear ceremonies as exclusive male activities since the hunting was performed by men. This asymmetrical outlook on men’s and women’s participation in rituals is partly due to the old source material, which generally has a male point of departure. This view has also been reinforced by later researchers. By introducing Anna Tomasdotter and her account of the Sami bear ritual, a source not frequently used, the author of the article brings to the fore a female perspective on the ceremony. The complementary gender roles in Sami religion are thus put in focus
Sami Sieidis in a Nordic Context?
No full textIn the present article, the author discusses two Old Norse texts that may indicate that the Sami cult of sieidis had spread to the neighbouring Old Norse culture in the period before the Christianization of Norway. One of these texts is found in the Older Eiðsifaþing law, the law of the inland part of Eastern Norway. According to this law, it was prohibited to believe in (the power of) the finnar (Sami), and among their powerful objects, rót (the root of a tree) is mentioned. This root is in all likelihood a Sami sieidi that was sought out by Norwegians for help, probably for medical reasons. The other text is a notice in the Icelandic Landnámabók in which it is mentioned that a settler from Northern Norway worshipped some stones in the outfields on the border of his settlement, called Gunnsteinar. There are closer parallels to this outfields cult in Sami culture than in Old Norse culture
Sami Sieidis in a Nordic Context?
No full textIn the present article, the author discusses two Old Norse texts that may indicate that the Sami cult of sieidis had spread to the neighbouring Old Norse culture in the period before the Christianization of Norway. One of these texts is found in the Older Eiðsifaþing law, the law of the inland part of Eastern Norway. According to this law, it was prohibited to believe in (the power of) the finnar (Sami), and among their powerful objects, rót (the root of a tree) is mentioned. This root is in all likelihood a Sami sieidi that was sought out by Norwegians for help, probably for medical reasons. The other text is a notice in the Icelandic Landnámabók in which it is mentioned that a settler from Northern Norway worshipped some stones in the outfields on the border of his settlement, called Gunnsteinar. There are closer parallels to this outfields cult in Sami culture than in Old Norse culture
Media, Education and Ethnic Identity – Sami Minority Study
No full textThe article is devoted to the discussion of media and education as factors of ethnic assimilation
and on the other hand as a factor of the revitalization of an indigenous culture. The study analyses
the position of the Sami language in the educational system and modern media in Scandinavian
countries. It focuses on language as the main cultural factor of Sami ethnic identity. The
author emphasizes the assimilation and marginalization process of minority language policy in
Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and the possibilities of language revitalization in contemporary
Sami society
"The North Chose Us": Selected Poems by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää as Expressions of Sami Cultural Ecology and Indigenous Rights Concerns
No full textThis article analyzes three poems by acclaimed Sami poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. The author examines poetic language to underscore its ability to evoke Sami identity and the geography and ecology found where the Sami live in Fennoscandia (the far north of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and northwestern Russia). The author also weaves together each poem\u27s theme(s) in order to emphasize the importance of the Sami\u27s distinct perspective toward the lands surrounding them, and the Sami\u27s place as its first inhabitants. Throughout the article, the author connects poetic structure, form, and content, bringing together aesthetic and indigenous rights concerns, especially Sami rights to determine their own cultural practices, which involve a deep relationship with Fennoscandia\u27s ecologically-specific co-inhabitants: for example, its reindeer, fish, and birds
Sami Hochberg A Zionist Journalist Author Printer Diplomat Spy
No full textSami Hochberg is a relatively famous Zionist in the Western world, especiallyamong Jews. It is not a common occurrence to coincide with him in the literature related toOttoman history, even though he had spent the most active days of his life in Istanbul.However, the events that he was involved in are of their own importance in terms of theirshape and years of occurrence. The city and countries where Sami Hochberg lived, and hisrelatively richer and more colorful life in terms of his attributes and identities present usnot only how the Ittihat and Terakki government followed a policy against Zionists, Arabsand the European Great Powers before and during the First World War but also what liesin the historical background of the reconciliation or conflict of that groups in question.However, the current literature on him sometimes presents interruptions and gaps inpresenting these sections to the reader, and sometimes in combining the sections to revealthe big picture. The documents related to Sami Hochberg encountered in the Ottomanarchives have awaked such a conviction on the researcher. One of the main objectives ofthis study is to be able to bring together Samuel Hochberg (in the literatüre) and SamiHoşberg (in documents) as a step towards the removal of the mentioned gaps. Thus fromSami Hochberg’s point of view it will be possible to consider some developments likerivalry, conflict and partial reconciliation among the religious, ethnic and the politicalforces some of which are listed above and many of which will be referred in the course ofthe study
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