{"id":703,"date":"2021-05-20T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/?p=703"},"modified":"2021-05-20T10:36:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:36:29","slug":"greening-colonialism-in-sami-territories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/2021\/05\/20\/greening-colonialism-in-sami-territories\/","title":{"rendered":"Green(ing) colonialism in S\u00e1mi territories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In recent years, different social and environmental justice movements have caused many to wake up to the injustice suffered by marginalized groups and made us aware of the struggle\u2019s they face due to their identity, ethnicity, culture or pollution of their environment. Still, in much of the mainstream discussion there has been a lack of indigenous perspectives on these topics.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, we get an insight into the struggles of the Arctic Indigenous People of Europe, the S\u00e1mis, and how their way of life and livelihoods are endangered by government supported development projects and regulations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Ehrnstr\u00f6m-Fuentes<\/strong>, assistant professor in Management and Organisation at Hanken School of Economics discusses with Petra Laiti, <\/strong>S\u00e1mi activist and Hanken alumn <\/strong>about how the S\u00e1mis defend and organise their ancestral lifeforms in S\u00e1pmi. Also, we get to hear about how the S\u00e1mis\u2019 relation to land and water upholds a particular kind of sustainability that can be difficult to understand from the non-indigenous viewpoints, and how important it is for the survival of the S\u00e1mi culture to create awareness and support among non-Indigenous allies <\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e1pmi, the S\u00e1mi homelands stretch over the northern parts of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, as well as parts of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The total S\u00e1mi population is estimated to be 80,000 people, of whom approximately 10,000 live in Finland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tune in to learn more about indigenous perspectives, how S\u00e1mi culture and communities are being threatened and what can be done to support the S\u00e1mi in a way that aligns with their way of life!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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