Sökning: "Indigenous research"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 93 avhandlingar innehållade orden Indigenous research.

  1. 1. Lead exposure in indigenous children of the Peruvian Amazon : seeking the hidden source,venturing into participatory research

    Författare :Cynthia Anticona Huaynate; Miguel San Sebastian; Ingvar Bergdahl; Mary Jean Brown; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; lead exposure; children; indigenous; Corrientes river; participatory research; Peruvian Amazon; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction. In 2006, a Peruvian environmental agency reported the presence of elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in indigenous communities of the Corrientes river basin. This is a territory in the Peruvian Amazon where oil activity has been associated with serious environmental effects, with impact on an ongoing social conflict. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The construction of spaces for Saami language use : language revitalisation in educational contexts

    Författare :David Kroik; Eva Lindgren; Coppélie Cocq; Caroline Kerfoot; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; language revitalisation; educational linguistics; language teaching and learning; Indigenous languages; Saami education; South Saami; Saami linguistics; Indigenous research; language policy and planning; Spaces for Saami language use; Indigenous efflorescence; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik;

    Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, the construction of spaces for Saami language use is explored. The spaces involve learning and use of South Saami, an Indigenous language in Saepmie in Norway and Sweden. Four separate studies shed light on various aspects of these spaces, how they are constructed, how they are used, by whom and for what purposes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Writing-Weaving Sámi Feminisms : Stories and Conversations

    Författare :Ina Knobblock; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sámi people; Sámi feminism; Indigenous feminism; gender; settler colonialism; epistemicide; Sweden; decolonisation; resurgence; Indigenous methodologies; Indigenous epistemes;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores, illuminates, and analyses Sámi feminist knowledges, conceptualised as diverse and fluid feminist knowledges that both arise within and create Sámi realities. Centrally, it contributes to and exemplifies Sámi inquiry and conversations where different people continuously create and re-create Sámi feminisms in various contexts. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Extractive Violence on Indigenous Country : sami and Aboriginal Views on Conflicts and Power Relations with Extractive Industries

    Författare :Kristina Sehlin MacNeil; Marianne Liliequist; Per Axelsson; Florian Stammler; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aboriginal; Adnyamathanha; Australia; conflict; cultural violence; extractive industries; extractive violence; Indigenous peoples; Laevas cearru; LKAB; nuclear waste repository; Sami; structural violence; Sweden; Aboriginer; Adnyamathanha; Australien; konflikt; kulturellt våld; kärnavfallsdepå; Laevas cearru; LKAB; samer; strukturellt våld; Sverige; utvinningsindustrier; urfolk; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : Asymmetrical conflicts and power relations between extractive industries and Indigenous groups often have devastating consequences for Indigenous peoples. Many Indigenous groups are struggling to maintain their lands as Indigenous perspectives on connection to Country are frequently undervalued or dismissed in favour of extractivist ideologies. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Historyscapes in Alor : Approaching indigenous history in Eastern Indonesia

    Författare :Emilie Wellfelt; Gunlög Fur; Hans Hägerdal; Antoinette Schapper; Timo Kaartinen; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alor; Indonesia; historyscapes; uses of history; history-making; ethno-history; indigenous history; oral traditions; oral history; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with history and history-making practices in Alor, a small island in southeastern Indonesia. As in all of Indonesia, the people of Alor have experienced European colonialism, and after independence, a period of centralised, authoritarian rule under the New Order (1965-1998). LÄS MER