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  • Indigenous sport and nature...
    Skille, Eivind Å.

    Journal of adventure education and outdoor learning, 06/11/2023, Letnik: ahead-of-print, Številka: ahead-of-print
    Journal Article

    Applying a broad interpretation of education, this paper investigates how one Sámi (the Indigenous people of Northern Norway) sports club teaches traditional lingual knowledge to its youth members. Using Wittgenstein's language philosophy and Mead's understanding of figurative cultures as theoretical frameworks, and qualitative methods, two relatively contradictory sets of findings were revealed. First, the content of the education focusing on the accuracy and functionality of Sámi words for elements of nature based on traditional Sámi knowledge; second, the education takes modern forms. Sport club is a modern concept, as is friluftsliv - the Norwegian/Scandinavian way of nature life often aiming at recreation and experience of nature aesthetics-which is apparently challenging the traditional Sámi nature life aiming at purposefulness in every aspect. The paper also shows the dispute and actuality surrounding the Sámi accuracy of words for nature elements.