The skulls and the dancing pig
Notes on apocalyptic violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4124058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hugo Reinert (0000-0002-5896-1467, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrain (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0760-5668 • E-ISSN: 1777-5450 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/terrain.18051 |
| OpenAlex | W2945166707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
In late 2017, protesting the ongoing forced slaughter of indigenous reindeer herds in Norway, a young Sámi artist traveled to Oslo to set up a "curtain" of some 400 reindeer skulls in front of the national parliament. The demonstration drew considerable attention, both nationally and internationally, and mobilized a complex range of historical resonances-from the first Sámi protests against the Alta hydroelectric project, half a century earlier, to the vast piles of bison skulls that accumulated during the US campaign against the Plains Indians in the 19th century. Situating the curtain in a context of chronic state violence, indigenous invisibility, and crisis biopolitics, the article examines the multiple apocalyptic logics summoned in the work
Archaeology · Art · Biopower · Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Indigenous · Invisibility · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |