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Reindeer herders in Finland: Pulled to community‐based entrepreneurship and pushed to individualistic firms

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: This study of reindeer herding in Finland identifies important differences between Indigenous Sámi reindeer herding, and reindeer husbandry by persons from mainstream society. A central theme was that ethnic Finns simply viewed their entrepreneurship as a means to economic profit. In contrast, Sámi respondents attributed their herding to a “pull” toward cultural tradition, while a frequent finding was that Sámi respondents – especially women – were often “pushed” into other activities to supplement their otherwise inadequate income derived from community‐based reindeer herding. Policy reform in the form of entrepreneurship in politics, e.g. the adoption of a Nordic Sámi Convention, may be required to encompass the revealed cultural values into sector legislation.

Source: The Polar Journal

DOI: 10.1080/2154896x.2011.568795

Authors: Leo Paul Dana, Jan Åge Riseth

Institutions: University of Canterbury, Northern Research Institute, Narvik University College

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Studies and Ecology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4255567654

FWCI: 1.758

Cites: 45

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10