The Indigenous Sami Citizen and Norwegian National Identity: Tensions in Curriculum Discourses

Autor/in	Eriksen, Kristin Gregers
Titel	The Indigenous Sami Citizen and Norwegian National Identity: Tensions in Curriculum Discourses
Quelle	In: Human Rights Education Review, 1 (2018) 2, S.25-45 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2535-5406
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Citizenship; Educational Policy; Student Diversity; Cultural Pluralism; Cultural Background; Identification (Psychology); Civil Rights; Curriculum; Inclusion; Cultural Awareness; Citizenship Education; Equal Education; Public Education; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Staatsbürgerschaft; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kulturpluralismus; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Inklusion; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Norwegen
Abstract	The paper explores citizenship positions for the Sami as citizen in the overarching policy document for the Norwegian school. Informed by the perspective that policy documents hold discursive productivity in the Foucauldian sense, this document is regarded as vital for locating normative cultural ideals. The analysis points to three discourses: indigeneity, multiculturalism and the common Norwegian cultural heritage perspective. Although the analysis suggests that there is a variety of possible citizenship identity positions, tensions are located in their ontological and epistemological claims regarding what it means to be Sami. The paper argues that indigenous perspectives might both challenge and complement current ideas of citizenship and human rights education. Notably, indigeneity accentuates the tension between universalism and recognition in human rights education. The paper also points to how the curriculum has great ambitions about the possibilities of inclusive practice within an educational system that lacks sufficient competence on Sami culture. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of South-Eastern Norway. Postboks 235, 3603 Kongsberg, Norway. Tel: +47-310-08000; e-mail: postmottak@usn.no; Web site: http://www.usn.no
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01