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Mediating Structures in Sámi Language Revitalisation
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Abstract The revitalisation of the Sámi languages and support for language domains are central educational measures in the post-assimilation situation in Northern Europe. Taking critical indigenous education as the starting point, this metatheoretical article discusses language revitalisation through mediati... view more
The revitalisation of the Sámi languages and support for language domains are central educational measures in the post-assimilation situation in Northern Europe. Taking critical indigenous education as the starting point, this metatheoretical article discusses language revitalisation through mediating structures. Mediating structures provide the tools necessary to use language revitalisation as a means to counter the legacy of assimilation that has seriously affected the Sámi languages and caused language change. The article brings together recent research on the revitalisation of the Sámi languages. These studies are oriented towards the present situation of the Sámi languages and efforts to revive the languages. Relying on previous studies as well as new research, the article presents a communal model of language
recovery, which facilitates an increase in the number of language speakers and also supports language domains. Such a mediating language revitalisation model builds social harmony in a postcolonial situation. The article emphasises
the key tasks involved in the recovery of endangered languages. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
minority policy; historical development; assimilation; language acquisition; Northern Europe; indigenous peoples; Scandinavia; language change; ethnic group; minority rights; language; curriculum; cultural identity; minority
Classification
Curriculum, Teaching, Didactics
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Samisch; Sami
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 11-18
Journal
Social Inclusion, 4 (2016) 1
Issue topic
Multidisciplinary Studies in Social Inclusion
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution