Saamelaistapahtuma 2.12.2005
PUBLICATION OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE SAAMI PEOPLE, AND AN INDIGENOUS
SEMINAR
Time: 2.12.2005
Place: Ritarisali, Ritarikatu 1,
THE PRESS CONFERENCE
OF
THE NEW PUBLICATION 'THE SAAMI - A
CULTURAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA'
Presentations in Finnish and in
Saami
10-11
Presentations of the publication
'The Saami - a
cultural encyclopaedia'
Ulla-Maija Kulonen, Irja Seurujärvi-Kari ja Risto Pulkkinen, Editors-in-
Chief
11-12 Lunch
INDIGENOUS
SEMINAR - THE FUTURE OF THE CULTURES OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES
Chairperson: Irja Seurujärvi-Kari
Presentations in
English
12- Presentation of the new publication 'The
Saami - a Cultural
Encyclopadia'
Musical
performance
Anna Näkkäläjärvi
12.15
- Challenges for
the future of the cultures of indigenous people
Victoria Tauli Corpuz Chairperson of the
Permanent Forum on indigenous issues, Philippines
13- Saami ethnical questions from a historical
point of view
Christian Carpelan University of Helsinki,
Institute for Cultural studies, Department of Archaelogy
13.45 Coffee break
14.15 The future of Saami culture - challenges of modernity
Jelena Porsanger The Nordic Saami Institute,
Kautokeino
15- Indigenous peoples' rights and
international participation
Timo Koivurova Northern Institute for
Environmental and Minority Law, University of
15.45
- 16 Conclusion of
the seminar
The event
welcomes the Saami people,
the media,
the academic world,
authorities and everybody interested in indigenuos
issues at any level.
Bures
boahttan!
Organisers: The Department of the
Finno-Ugric studies of the
the Finnish Literature Society,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Raidu,
a student association.
More information:
*
Rauno Endén, Managing Editor/Finnish
Literature Society,
tel. +358-201
131 223, rauno.enden@finlit.fi
*Irja Seurujärvi-Kari, Saami lecturer,
tel. +358 400
876 222, irja.seurujarvi-kari@helsinki.fi
Background
This event is arranged to celebrate the newly
published cultural encyclopaedia of the Saami. On this occasion we also want to
have a seminar to honour the diversity and uniqueness of the cultures of Saami
people and other indigenous cultures.
The aim of the Saami culture encyclopaedia is to
emphasize the preservation and the development of the cultures of the
indigenous Saami people and to promote a widespread distribution of researched
information on it. In today's rapidly changing world it is also important to
create ways to prevent the social and cultural marginalization of indigenous
peoples living in marginal conditions. Thus one of the most important
intentions of the encyclopaedia is to strengthen the identity of the Saami
people and to support their awareness of their own cultural heritage. To
achieve this intention it is also important to present minorities within the
Saami people, such as the Russian Saami, who until now have remained in the
margins even in the ongoing research on Saami culture.
On this basis, the aim of the seminar is to discuss
the future of indigenous peoples and their challenges in facing modernity,
while trying to preserve their traditions and ethnicity. The theme is
approached from the perspective of multidisciplinary studies. Multidisciplinarity
is an integral requirement for discussion on identity, ethnicity and culture. The
lecturers are experts on Saami culture and history, and the guest of honour of
the seminar is Ms Victoria Tauli Corpuz from
BEAIVVEMEARRI 14.11.2005 /
Seija at Aarnio. Ws
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