Book

Saami ethnoecology: resource management in Norwegian Lapland

University Microfilms InternationalAnn Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1978 • Pages:

By: Anderson, Myrdene.

Abstract
This study is the result of nearly five years of fieldwork among the Saami of the regions comprising western Finnmark and northern Troms counties in Norway. The primary focus, however, is the GUOV'DAGEAI'DNO (or KAUTOKEINO) area located in Finnmark County, Norway. 'The social organization, folk knowledge, and physiographic factors shaping Saami transactions with the natural environment are systematized for various ethnoecologic domains and examined for patterns underlying the structure, persistence, and change in the classification of knowledge involved in resource management' (p. i). The work consists of three volumes. Volume I presents the methodology, data on the primary social units of the Saami, life cycle and annual cycle events, daily routine, and temporal factors bearing on ethnoecology. Volume II deals with the concepts of space, its structure and occupation, spatial factors bearing on ethnoecology, and the organization of environmental resources (with much data on native fauna and flora and their utilization), and the social organization of resource management. Volume III consists of four appendices dealing with language, culture history, modern reindeer management (ca. 1971-1976), and GUOV'DAGEAI'DNO and its environs as it exists today (ca.1971-1976).
Subjects
Geography
History and culture change
Language
Annual cycle
Pastoral activities
Ideas about nature and people
culture
Saami
HRAF PubDate
1996
Region
Europe
Sub Region
Scandinavia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1994
Field Date
ca. 1971-1976 (p. v)
Coverage Date
variable
Coverage Place
Guov'dageai'dno (Kautokeino) area, Finnmark County, northern Norway (p. v)
Notes
Myrdene Anderson
UM 7915912
Includes bibliographical references (p. 859-941)
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Yale University, 1978
LCSH
Saami (European people)/Human ecology