Indigenous Research Methodologies in Sámi and Global Contexts

This book addresses the conceptualization and practice of Indigenous research methodologies especially in Sámi and North European academic contexts. It examines the meaning of Sámi research and research methodologies, practical levels of doing Indigenous research today in different contexts, as well as global debates in Indigenous research. The contributors present place-specific and relational Sámi research approaches as well as reciprocal methodological choices in Indigenous research in North-South relationships. This edited volume is a result of a research collaboration in four countries where Sámi people live. By taking the readers to diverse local discussions, the collection emphasizes communal responsibility and care as a key in doing Indigenous research.

Contributors are: Rauni Äärelä-Vihriälä, Hanna Guttorm, Lea Kantonen, Pigga Keskitalo, Ilona Kivinen, Britt Kramvig, Petter Morottaja, Eljas Niskanen, Torjer Olsen, Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Hanna Outakoski, Attila Paksi, Jelena Porsanger, Aili Pyhälä, Rauna Rahko-Ravantti, Torkel Rasmussen, Erika Katjaana Sarivaara, Irja Seurujärvi-Kari, Trond Trosterud and Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen.

Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Helsinki. She received her PhD in Latin American Studies. She is the author of numerous books, articles, as well as edited volumes.

Pigga Keskitalo, Title of Docent, Ph.D., University of Lapland, is a University Researcher at the Department of Education. She has published monographs, edited volumes and many articles on Sámi education, including Indigenous Postgraduate Education: Intercultural Perspectives (IAP, 2020).

Torjer Olsen, Ph.D. (2008), is Professor of Indigenous Studies and Academic Director of the Center for Sámi Studies at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.