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Place names have had a low priority in Norwegian linguistic research over the latest decades, and Sámi place names have always been a neglected field of study in all of the Sámi area. Even so, novel methods, theories, and technology have been developed that provide exciting new possibilities for interdisciplinary and comparative studies within this field. The present conference, which will be a contribution to UNs International year of indigenous languages, aims to summarize the status quo of research and requests for more knowledge about Sámi place names in the Nordic countries and North-West Russia, as well as to suggest a multidisciplinary way forward, starting with a sosioonomastic approach to Sámi sacred place names and past and present landscape use.
Sacred place names in Sámi landscapes
Conference in Tromsø, 21–22 November 2019.
Place names have had a low priority in Norwegian linguistic research over the latest decades, and Sámi place names have always been a neglected field of study in all of the Sámi area. Even so, novel methods, theories, and technology have been developed that provide exciting new possibilities for interdisciplinary and comparative studies within this field. The present conference, which will be a contribution to UNs International year of indigenous languages, aims to summarize the status quo of research and requests for more knowledge about Sámi place names in the Nordic countries and North-West Russia, as well as to suggest a multidisciplinary way forward, starting with a sosioonomastic approach to Sámi sacred place names and past and present landscape use.
The conference will take place at the main campus of UiT in Tromsø.
Registration deadline: November 1.
Conference fee: 1500,- NOK
(Includes lunch both days and dinner Thursday evening)
(Includes lunch both days and dinner Thursday evening)
The conference is initiated by the research group Creating the New North, organized and sponsored by UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Organizing committe:
- Marte Spangen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Sigrun Høgetveit Berg, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Eldar Heide, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Feel free to contact us, if you have got any questions!
Programme
Thursday November 21
Room E0101, HSL-fak
12.30: Lunch
Session 1: Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to place names in Sámi areas
13.30: Introduction
14.00: Eva Nyman (Mid Sweden University: Sacred place names in Scandinavia
14.30: Veikko Anttonen (University of Turku): Place names as markers of ritual landscapes: pyhä, hiisi, áiligas and bassi toponyms in Finnish and Sámi speaking districts
15.00: Coffee break
15.20: Aleksander Pustyakov (University of Helsinki): Studying onomastics in indigenous contexts: Place names among the Mari of Ural, Russia
15.50: Lars Ivar Hansen (UiT The Arctic University of Norway): Sacred place names and history
16.20: Minerva Piha (University of Turku): Linguistic-archaeological observations on South Saami sacred place names
16.50: Discussion
19.00: Conference dinner at restaurant Skirri
Friday November 22
Room E-0101, HSL-fak
Session 2: Methodology and technology to explore sacred place names
09.00: Aud Kirsti Pedersen (The Norwegian Mapping Authority): Socio-onomastic approaches to place name research in multilinguistic societies
09.30: Trond Trosterud (UiT The Arctic University of Norway): Computer technology and Sámi place names
10.00: Håkan Rydving (University of Bergen): Categories of Sámi sacred sites
10.30: Coffee break
10.50: Botolv Helleland (University of Oslo): Categorisation and methodology for studying sacred place names
11.20: Eldar Heide (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences): Digital aids in the study of sacred place names in a landscape context
11.50: Discussion
12.30: Lunch
Session 3: The ethics and politics of place names in Sámi areas
13.30: Janne Saarikivi (University of Helsinki): Ethics in place name studies
14.00: Kaisa Rautio Helander (Sámi University of Applied Sciences): The politics of Sámi place names
14.30: Ardis Ronte Eriksen (The Sámi Parliament): The role of the Norwegian Sámi parliament in the standardization of Sámi place names
15.00: General discussion
15.45: Final remarks by organizers
The programmme is subject to changes.
Speakers
Veikko Anttonen (University of Turku)
Ardis Ronte Eriksen (The Sámi Parliament)
Lars Ivar Hansen (University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway)
Eldar Heide (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Kaisa Rautio Helander (Sámi University of Applied Sciences)
Botolv Helleland (University of Oslo)
Eva Nyman (Mid Sweden University)
Aud Kirsti Pedersen (The Norwegian Mapping Authority)
Minerva Piha (University of Turku)
Aleksander Pustyakov (University of Helsinki)
Håkan Rydving (University of Bergen)
Janne Saarikivi (University of Helsinki)
Trond Trosterud (University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway)
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