Generating and Popularising Historical Knowledge in a Reconciliation Process: The Case of the Church of Sweden and the Sami

Norlin, Björn; Lindmark, Daniel

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70412-4_7

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“…The mountain villages tend to have more prominent Sámi presence than the forest villages in the east, arising from different processes of colonisation. While the forests were settled earlier in the 18 th century, the mountain areas were less valued for their settlement potential, with much more dispersed settlements established by the state and the Swedish church to manage Sámi affairs (Norlin & Lindmark 2021). At the heart of these typically was the church building, which was the site for regular gatherings of Sámi people, not least for administrative purposes.…”

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Resource deserts, village hierarchies and de-growth in sparsely populated areas: the case of Southern Lapland, Sweden

Carson

Lundmark

et al. 2023

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Small villages in northern Sweden have seen a continuing removal of key services, such as schools, shops and public transport, since the 1970s. Disinvestment in public services has not been strategically planned but has happened in response to population loss and increased costs on a case-by-case basis. More recently, there has been a shift in policy thinking to what might be termed a ‘de-growth’ approach where digitalisation and increased personal mobility are used to provide new ways of delivering services. The purpose of this paper is to examine the existence of ‘resource deserts’ in Southern Lapland and the emergence (or consolidation) of village hierarchies in allocating public services. We map out the distribution of neighbourhood services (grocery stores, pre-/schools and petrol pumps) among villages, and explore the lived experiences in accessing these resources in different villages. Our results show that resource deserts clearly exist in the south and east of the region, while villages in the more sparsely populated western mountain areas were generally in a better position to retain resources. We identify a lack of consistent and transparent service planning at the village level as a key shortcoming in municipal and regional service strategies. There appear to be unofficial settlement hierarchies in the differential treatment of villages that are otherwise similar in population size, population change and distance to central places. We find that political decisions on service allocations are likely influenced by several factors. These include legacy effects relating to historic settlement status, the location of villages in relation to key transport or mobility corridors, as well as ideological factors favouring villages with more ‘exotic’ features and development potential in line with the municipalities’ economic, social and political priorities. We finally argue that a shift to de-growth needs to be more strategically planned if it is to eliminate resource deserts and promote equity of service access across all villages.

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Resource deserts, village hierarchies and de-growth in sparsely populated areas: the case of Southern Lapland, Sweden

Carson

Lundmark

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“…In a general sense, there is an educational component to all measures designed to officially recognize past injustices, whether it is a truth commission, an apology or a financial redress scheme. As Lindmark and Norlin (2020) points out, to disseminate historical knowledge in public education activities is sometimes also part of the formal mandate of a TRC. However, we are primarily interested in the transformation of such efforts to educate the general public in the different institutional framework of formal education.…”

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Recontextualizing Historical Injustice into Education: The Relationship Between a White Paper and a Textbook on the Abuse of the Roma in Swedish History

Arvidsson

Elmersjö

2021

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Elmersjö

2021

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Generating and Popularising Historical Knowledge in a Reconciliation Process: The Case of the Church of Sweden and the Sami

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Resource deserts, village hierarchies and de-growth in sparsely populated areas: the case of Southern Lapland, Sweden

Resource deserts, village hierarchies and de-growth in sparsely populated areas: the case of Southern Lapland, Sweden

Recontextualizing Historical Injustice into Education: The Relationship Between a White Paper and a Textbook on the Abuse of the Roma in Swedish History

Historical Justice and History Education

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