The Case for a Sámi "Trail of Tears": Dangerous Dreams in the Era of Green Colonialism
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| Title: | The Case for a Sámi "Trail of Tears": Dangerous Dreams in the Era of Green Colonialism |
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| Authors: | Sirniö, Janne, Andersson, Åsa, Ek, Richard, Reid, Stuart |
| Source: | Critical Arts. A Journal for Cultural Studies. :1-22 |
| Subject Terms: | S & aacute, pmi, forced migration, Agamben, imaginary trope, green sacrifice zones, Indigenous methodologies, Kulturgeografi, Human Geography |
| Description: | This paper presents a visual metaphor or figure as a tool for Indigenous mobilisation: an imaginary S & aacute;mi "Trail of Tears." This imaginary trail recalls the largely untold history of the forced evictions of S & aacute;mi families in Sweden during the first half of the twentieth century. We engage Agamben's political philosophy to examine and interpret the colonial present in Swedish S & aacute;pmi and argue that such an imaginary trail also invokes a figure for contemporary social mobilisation in S & aacute;pmi against the green (re)colonisation that increasingly threatens to turn the entire region into a green sacrificial zone. The trail has the potential to serve as a "dangerous dream," challenging colonial state power as well as global resource extraction, much like Indigenous artivism and the struggle for visual sovereignty. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-107148 https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2025.2560864 |
| Database: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | This paper presents a visual metaphor or figure as a tool for Indigenous mobilisation: an imaginary S & aacute;mi "Trail of Tears." This imaginary trail recalls the largely untold history of the forced evictions of S & aacute;mi families in Sweden during the first half of the twentieth century. We engage Agamben's political philosophy to examine and interpret the colonial present in Swedish S & aacute;pmi and argue that such an imaginary trail also invokes a figure for contemporary social mobilisation in S & aacute;pmi against the green (re)colonisation that increasingly threatens to turn the entire region into a green sacrificial zone. The trail has the potential to serve as a "dangerous dream," challenging colonial state power as well as global resource extraction, much like Indigenous artivism and the struggle for visual sovereignty. |
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| ISSN: | 02560046 19926049 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02560046.2025.2560864 |