Cover Image

Experiencing and Protecting Sacred Natural Sites of Sámi and other Indigenous Peoples The Sacred Arctic /

This book focuses specifically on the experience and protection of indigenous, and particularly Sámi sacred sites in the Arctic. Sacred sites are being increasingly recognized as important reservoirs of Arctic cultural and biological diversity, as a means for the transmission of culture and identity...

Full description

Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Heinämäki, Leena. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Herrmann, Thora Martina. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer Polar Sciences,
Subjects:
International environmental law.
Polar regions.
Human rights.
Cultural heritage.
Culture.
Religion and sociology.
International Environmental Law.
Polar Geography.
Human Rights.
Cultural Heritage.
Sociology of Culture.
Religion and Society.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48069-5
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction (Leena Heinämäki)
  • Part I. Recognition of Sacred Sites of Arctic Indigenous Peoples in Customary Rights, International and National Law, Institutions, Policy and Protocols
  • Chapter 2. Legal Protection of Sacred Natural Sites Within Human Rights Jurisprudence: Sápmi and Beyond (Dwight Newman)
  • Chapter 3. Harmful investments and protection of sacred spaces – Realisation of Indigenous collective rights in the Northern and Arctic Regions (Robert Rode)
  • Chapter 4. Arguments from cultural ecology and legal pluralism for recognising indigenous customary law in the Arctic (Dawid Bunikowski)
  • Chapter 5. Indigenous Peoples’ customary laws, Sámi People and Sacred Sites (Leena Heinämäki)
  • Chapter 6. Protecting the Sacred in the Finnish Sápmi: Settings and Challenges (Eija Ojanlatva)
  • Part II. Intangible Cultural Heritage Connected to Sacred Sites of Arctic Indigenous Peoples
  • Chapter 7. Gosa bássi várit leat jávkan? Where have all the sacred mountains gone? (Marit Myrvoll)
  • Chapter 8. Sacred Sites of the Saami - Linking Past, Present and Future (Klemetti Näkkäläjärvi)
  • Chapter 9. External and Internal Factors the Desecration and Destruction of Pre-historic Rock Paintings in Finland? (Francis Joy)
  • Chapter 10. Safeguarding Sacred Sites in the Subarctic Zone – three case studies from Northern Russia (Stephan Dudeck)
  • Chapter 11. Conclusion (Leena Heinämäki).

Similar Items