Whose settler colonial state? Arctic Railway, state transformation and settler self-indigenization in Northern Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4465321 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Junka-Aikio (Department of Cultural Sciences, University Museum, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 279-301 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Postcolonial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-8790 • E-ISSN: 1466-1888 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13688790.2022.2096716 |
| OpenAlex | W4289336449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 21 |
Settler colonial theory has effectively highlighted the continuity of\ncolonial structures, but less attention has been paid on how also\nthe settler state has transformed over time, and how such changes\nhave affected the manifold relationships between the state, the\nsettlers and the natives. This article addresses trajectories of settler\ncolonial change in Finland, building on theories of state spatial\ntransformation and taking the recurring plans to build a Railway\nacross the Sámi homeland as its point of departure. The article\nsuggests that central to the change is the destabilization of the\nrelationship between the state and Northern Finland’s older,\n‘endogenous’ settler communities. This has facilitated a popular\nturn to settler self-Indigenization, whereby settlers make new\nclaims to being ‘Indigenous’, usually building on records of a\ndistant (possibly) Indigenous ancestor. Since self-Indigenization\ndirectly challenges Indigenous self-determination, it articulates a\nnew form of elimination of the native. The task for critical\nscholarship is not only to situate, contextualize and challenge such\nidentity claims, but also to question the logic that continues to set\nespecially older settler communities in opposition to Indigenous\nrights and self-determination, in the context of extractive and\nneoliberal development that ultimately may undermine both
Archaeology · Arctic · Colonialism · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenization · Sociology · State (computer science · Transformation (genetics · Anthropology · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Canadian Identity and History · Computer Science · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Geology · Oceanography
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Adopted
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |