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The Sami and EIAs
IAIA 2016 Nagoya
Ezequiel Pinto-Guillaume Archaeologist
The Sami and EIAs Ezequiel Pinto-Guillaume Archaeologist IAIA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Sami and EIAs Ezequiel Pinto-Guillaume Archaeologist IAIA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Sami and EIAs Ezequiel Pinto-Guillaume Archaeologist IAIA 2016 Nagoya The Sami people Spmi The first EIAs for projects within Spmi Identified physical remains Archaeological survey Ancient monument Other cultural-historical
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Sápmi
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The first EIAs for projects within Sápmi
Identified physical remains – Archaeological survey Ancient monument Other cultural-historical remains
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The first EIAs for projects within Sápmi
Example: A Sami hearth Sami dwelling: Kåta
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The first EIAs for projects within Sápmi
An abandoned physical object à Relevant as historic evidence
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From a Sami point-of-view
Balance
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2010 à Publication The Sami land use and EIA guidelines
Reccommendation Take into consideration:
- 1. Tangible cultural heritage
- 2. Intangible cultural heritage
- 3. Biological cultural heritage
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2011 (SNHB Congress) à Ragnhild Svonni Siellu min siste (The Lanscape within us)
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2011 (SNHB Congress) à Ragnhild Svonni Siellu min siste (The Lanscape within us)
Dialogue
From a Sami point-of-view: Physical remains Knowledge connected to the place
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So what happened after that? EIAs after 2011:
Most EIAs have the same approach as before Only a few took up a certain dialogue with the local Sami people à But in this case cultural heritage was restricted to activities connected to reindeer herding
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So what happened after that? EIAs after 2011:
Most EIAs have the same approach as before Only a few took up a certain dialogue with the local Sami people à But in this case cultural heritage was restricted to activities connected to reindeer herding
We are still on square one.
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So what is the problem?
Myself Worldview based
- n Western
European and American thought Logical, time oriented, and systematic The core of my thinking has a cause-and-effect relationship To understand the world is to understand the linear cause-and-effect relationships between events
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So what is the problem?
Myself A linear person according to Members of a Canadian First Nation Canadian First Nations: Define... ”We are the landcape.”
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The Sami challenge
Understanding the Relational Worldview It is intuitive, non-time oriented and fluid. The balance and harmony in relationships between multiple variables, including spiritual forces, make up the core of the thought system.
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The Sami challenge
When we work with EIAs à Project to be insterted in the landscape à Disrupting the balance Possible solutions: à Dialogue with the local Sami, of course à Ask about Jojk and traditional knowledge in relation to the place à Take into consideration the three main aspects of cultural heritage pointed out by the Sami
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Balance
Context Spirit Mind Body
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Not this: Past Future Cause Effect
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Scene from Áile ja áhkku (Áile and her Grandmother) a short firm by Siljá Somby
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