Teacher: Camille Parguel

Time: 15.15 - 17.00

Place: ALC hall, building of the Department of Psychology

2024 02 09 - contrasting approaches to sustainability in sapmi.pptx

‘Sustainable development’ is often presented as the goal of extractive activities. What about alternative ‘indigenous sustainabilities’ promoted through land litigation? In this seminar, we compare competing approaches to ‘sustainability’ in a selection of cases in Sápmi.

Mandatory readings

Jääskeläinen, Tiina. 2020. ‘The Sámi Reindeer Herders’ Conceptualizations of Sustainability in the Permitting of Mineral Extraction - Contradictions Related to Sustainability Criteria’. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 43: 49–57.

Velasco Herrejón, Paola, Thomas Bauwens, and Martin Calisto Friant. 2022. ‘Challenging Dominant Sustainability Worldviews on the Energy Transition: Lessons from Indigenous Communities in Mexico and a Plea for Pluriversal Technologies’. World Development 150: 105725.

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