UH Indigenous Studies Listening
Season 1
On Sámi Games and Digital Technologies with Outi Kaarina Laiti
On Sámi Relationality and Indigenous Sustainabilities with Hanna Guttorm
On Urban Komi Experiences and Language with Maria Fedina
by Indigenous Studies @ the University of Helsinki
This week on Indigenous Studies Listening, senior researcher Outi Kaarina Laiti joins Maren to discuss her interdisciplinary experience in engineering, computer science, and Indigenous Studies, her work in Sámi game design, and the future possibilities for Indigenous technologies.
On this episode of UH Indigenous Studies Listening, senior researcher Dr. Hanna Guttorm shares her reflections on Sámi relational ontologies in sustainability research, the importance of intergenerational knowledge, and how she adopts a decolonial approach in her own research and working practices.
In the second episode of UH Indigenous Studies Listening, postdoctoral researcher Dr. Maria Fedina joins trainee Maren Frost to discuss Maria’s recently completed PhD entitled "Place, Language, and Belonging: Being Komi in Contemporary Syktyvkar, Komi Republic". Listen in as they discuss her research process and reflect on Komi-ness and language ecology in urban contexts.
In the premiere episode of UH Indigenous Studies Listening, Tyva researcher Dr. Victoria Soyan Peemot joins trainee Maren Frost to reflect on her research on more-than-human relations, Tyvan land rights, and topics from her new book Songs of Tyva: A Guide to Tyvan Culture and Language.