Language, Citizenship, and Sami Education in the Nordic North, 1900-1940

Language, Citizenship, and Sami Education in the Nordic North, 1900-1940 by Otso Kortekangas


ISBN
9780228005698
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
184
Dimensions
152 x 229mm

In the making of the modern Nordic states in the first half of the twentieth century, elementary education was paramount in creating a notion of citizenship that was universal and equal for all citizens. Yet these elementary education policies ignored, in most cases, the language, culture, wishes, and needs of minorities such as the indigenous Sami.

Presenting the Sami as an active, transnational population in early twentieth-century northern Europe, Otso Kortekangas examines how educational policies affected the Sami people residing in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. In this detailed study, Kortekangas explores what the arguments were for the lack of Sami language in schools, how Sami teachers have promoted the use of their mother tongue within the school systems, and how the history of the Sami compares to other indigenous and minority populations globally.

Timely in its focus on educational policies in multiethnic societies, and ambitious in its scope, the book provides essential information for educators, policy-makers, and academics, as well as anyone interested in the history of education, and the relationship between large-scale government policies and indigenous peoples.
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