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SUMMARY:'A language to catch birds with': Sami values and world-view as ex
 pressed in traditional terminology\, art and poetry.  - Prof. Harald Gaski
 \, Universitetet i Tromsø
DTSTART:20140226T171500Z
DTEND:20140226T184500Z
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CONTACT:David Baker
DESCRIPTION:The Sami are the indigenous people of the northernmost regions
  of Scandinavia and the Kola peninsula in Russia. The Sami language is div
 ided into ten different dialects\, which are not mutually understandable. 
 This paper will take as its point of departure the specific terminology de
 veloped to deal with and describe life in an Arctic setting\, such as the 
 various terms connected to snow and winter weather conditions. In addition
 \, it will be shown how this terminology also permits room for linguistic 
 play and metaphorical circumlocutions as in the case of those for predator
 s such as the bear and the wolf. Overarching the discussion will a conside
 ration of how\, and in what manner\, we may say that the cultural values a
 nd world-view of the Sami are reflected in their language\, proverbs and p
 oetry.     \n\nProf. Harald Gaski\, who is himself a Sami\, holds the posi
 tion of Associate Professor of Sami Literature at the University of Troms
 ø. He is the author of several books and articles on Sami literature and 
 culture\, and his wider research interests include the literature of other
  indigenous peoples. He is currently a member of the international advisor
 y panel for Nga Pae te Maramatanga\, a Maori research institute at the Uni
 versity of Auckland\, and is regional editor for the journal on indigenous
  peoples published by the published by this Center\, 'AlterNative'. Prof. 
 Gaski is also Editor-in-Chief for the academic series\, 'Sámi academica'\
 , at the Sami publishing house ČálliidLágádus. \n\nProf. Gaski's visit
  to Cambridge has been made possible by a generous grant from the Managers
  of the Scandinavian Studies Fund.
LOCATION:Faculty of English\, Room GR-06/07
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