Governing reindeer husbandry in western Finnmark: barriers for incorporating traditional knowledge in local-level policy implementation

Pasture–livestock dynamics with density‐dependent harvest and changing environment

“…In recent years, several socioecological studies have been published, following the line of thought of Ostrom (). In these studies, the focus is on nomadic herders incentives, the likelihood of cooperation among production units and conflicts between traditional pasture management systems and state administrative systems and policy (Hausner, Fauchald, & Jernsletten, ; Næss & Bårdsen, , ; Næss, Bårdsen, & Tveraa, ; Turi & Keskitalo, ; Tveraa, Stien, Brøseth, & Yoccoz, ; Ulvevadet & Hausner, ).…”

Sámi reindeer governance in Norway as competing knowledge systems: a participatory study

“…Comparing the state's and the research participant's knowledge base for understanding reindeer husbandry shows two very different perspectives on what Sámi pastoralism is and ought to be (conflicting views on reindeer husbandry are also presented in previous research; see, for example, Bjørklund and Brantenberg 1981, Paine 1994, Turi and Keskitalo 2014, Johnsen and Benjaminsen 2017. The traditional Sámi pastoral way of understanding reindeer husbandry with a focus on maintaining flexibility stands in contrast to the positivistreductionist approach in Western science that dominates contemporary resource management.…”

Tourism and the Sámi in transition: a discourse analysis of Swedish newspapers, 1982–2015

“…Tourism was also suggested for solving other problems such as declining reindeer husbandry, the "declining culture" in Sápmi, an ageing and declining population, and even the increasing number of predators. Such simplification echoes the asymmetrical power relations between different ways of knowing, as noted in cases in Norwegian Sámi (Turi & Keskitalo, 2014). Importantly, this simplification can be observed on not only regional and national but also international scales (VK, 1997-09-01).…”

“…And in another article in the same newspaper (DN, 2003-12-14), it was reported that increasing numbers of Sámi entrepreneurs were taking up tourism due to the growing interest in Sámi culture from international tourists. The facts that reindeer herding is an important part of Sámi culture, and that the Sámi have long maintained an ecological way of herding reindeer (Riseth, 2007;Turi & Keskitalo, 2014) are ignored. Tourism was also suggested for solving other problems such as declining reindeer husbandry, the "declining culture" in Sápmi, an ageing and declining population, and even the increasing number of predators.…”