Sari Pietikäinen

Circulation of indigenous Sámi resources across media spaces.

A rhizomatic discourse approach

The dynamic nature of many contemporary media spaces creates novel and potentially contested ways of using, mixing, and moulding languages. The circulation of minoritized languages, such as the indigenous Sámi languages, across media spaces stirs up existing language practices, categories, and hierarchies. Such processes of transition also highlight the tensions between various constructions and understandings of language change. At the same time, discursive innovations, and the creative use of a variety of meaning-making resources, indigenous language included, result in new types of crossings, mixtures, and norms for mediated indigenous ...

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